"By the King" [actually Walter Balcanquhall, Walter (1586?-1645) writing for Charles I "By the King" and not here named.
Title
A LARGE DECLARATION CONCERNING THE LATE TUMULTS IN SCOTLAND, from Their first originalls: together with A Particular Deduction Of the seditious Practices of the prime Leaders of the Covenanters: collected out of their owne foule Acts and Writings: By which it doth plainly appeare, that Religion was onely pretended by those Leaders ... By the King.
PlacePub
London
Publisher
Robert Young, His Majesties Printer for Scotland, 1st edition.
Date
1639
Illustrations
Fine portrait frontis of King Charles I + coat of arms to head of text, with large initial T and galleon under sail.
Description
Folio (270x168mm) in 4's (except Ee & Hhh in 6's), handsome half calf on 6 raised bands, spine gilt ruled with decorative gilt red title label, marbled paper sides, All edges sprinkled red. Portrait frontis + titlepage within double ruled border +430pp +[2]pp colophon between decorated rules. Collated complete (variant with a marginal note on page 41). Blank recto of portrait has ink spots and lower corner browned, Strathallan names with show-through to top margin above portrait and MS note of author's name "Doctor Balcanquell". Ownership Willm. Crawford to top of title. Some fingering to margins of 1st 6 and last 3 leaves, with old date calculations below colophon and soiling to its back, text pages otherwise clean and crisp throughout. New front & rear laid endpapers - a good restoration with resewing. Text in italic and Roman fonts with generous margins. *Royalist proclamation and political account of events in Scotland, which eventually led to the English Civil War (STC 2nd ed. 21906).
Booknumber
V74903
Price
Price: GBP 560.00 or USD 689.00
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