A true and impartiall history of the military government of the citie of Gloucester: . from the beginning of the civil war between the King and Parliament, to the removall of that most faithfull and deserving commander for the defence of his country in their greatest necessity, Col. Edward Massey: who was removed from that government, to the command of the western forces, where he performed most faithfull and gallant service.
John Corbet (1620-1680)
Category
Books
Date
1647
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038880
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],140p.,[1] leaf of plates . port.. . 4to.. Previous shelfmark: C.7.15. Imperfect: wanting plate. Identified in 1796 inventory: Q 40 "Corbetts Siege of Gloucester", mis-dated 1641, price 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 575.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript shelfmark on front pastedown: I. 15. Engl. history. &c". manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Chirke Castell".. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf binding; double blind fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; blind fillets and red gilt title label (partially missing) on spine (rubbed).
Makers and roles
John Corbet (1620-1680) Lysimachus Licanor (1603-1641)