Memorials of the English affairs: or, an historical account of what passed from the beginning of the reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second his happy restauration. Containing the publick transactions, civil and military. Together with the private consultations and secrets of the Cabinet.
Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke (1605 - 1675)
Category
Books
Date
1682
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3042719
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],166,159-162,185-305,[1],303-376p., 377-384 leaves, 385-456p., leaf 458, 458-460,[2],461-464,[2] leaves, 465-535, 542-558, 561-610, 617-647, p678, 657-704, [16]p . fol.. Former shelfmarks: H.7.25; K.11.5. Pagination corrected in manuscript to p. 441. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 87, price 1 s. 6d. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 657.. 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: "B.11. English history".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; blind roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke (1605 - 1675) Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey PC (1614-1686)