Historical discourses, upon several occasions

Historical discourses, upon several occasions

Full title: Historical discourses, upon several occasions : viz. I. The happy progress and success of the arms of K. Charles I. ... from the 30th of March, to the 23d of November, 1644 ... II. Memorials of His said Majesty's unfortunate success in the year following. III. A journal of several actions performed in the kingdom of Scotland, after King Charles the Second's arrival there in 1650. IV. The life and actions of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey ... V.A full answer to a book entituled, Monarchy, or no monarchy ... publish'd by William Lilly in July 1651. VI. Observations upon the inconveniencies that have attended the frequent promotions to titles of honour and dignity, since King James I. came to the Crown of England. VII. Observations on the annals of the reign of King Charles the First, published by Hamond L'Estrange, Esq; VIII. A short review of the life and actions of King Charles I. / by Sir Edward Walker ... : together with Perfect copies of all the votes, letters, proposals, and answers relating unto ... the treaty held at Newport, in the Isle of Wight, in ... 1648. Between ... Charles the First, and a committee of the Lords and Commons of Parliament. ... By the same Sir Edward Walker ...

Edward Walker, 1612-1677

London : Printed by W.B. for Sam. Keble, at the Turk's Head in Fleetstreet

1705

[16], 369, [1], 98 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : portraits, coat of arms ; 35 cm (folio)

Edited by Hugh Clopton.
'Perfect copies of all the votes' has a separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous.
With a folded plate frontispiece showing Charles I and Sir Edward Walker, and a portrait illustration of Charles I (after Hollar).
Reissued in 1707 with a cancel title as 'Historical collections of several important transactions relating to the late rebellion and civil wars in England.'
Printed by William Bowyer.

Rebound in full leather by Keith Felton; bookplates of Thomas Conolly and of Castletown [the Conolly family manor] reapplied on new endpapers.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.

Clopton, Hugh. editor
Hollar, Wenceslas, 1607-1677, artist.
Bowyer, William, 1663-1737, printer.
Keble, Samuel, bookseller.
Conolly, Thomas, 1738-1803, former owner.

English

DA400 .W179 1705 folio
ESTC T97417
Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, D66