A genuine and true journal of the most miraculous escape of the young chevalier, from the Battle of Culloden to his landing in France; . taken from the mouths and journals of the very persons, who assisted him therein, partly wrote in London, and partly in Scotland. To which is added, a short account of what befel the Pr. in France, and the manner of taking him prisoner, and sending him to Avignon, and from his departure thence, as supposed for Poland, &c. Together with a brief relation of what became of some of those who composed his army. By an Englishman.
John Burton (1710-1771)
Category
Books
Date
1749
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3123967
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],81,[1]p. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Bound (1) in a volume of pamphlets about the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. Provenance: Late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century armorial bookplate: Sir Chas. E. H. Chadwyck Healey KCB of Wyphurst in the County of Surrey one of His Majesty's Counsel. (Franks 14323) [i.e. Sir Charles Edward Heley Chadwyck-Healey, 1st Baronet (1845-1919), lawyer]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; blind and gilt fillets to form a border; spine gilt; brown spine label with title: 'Pamphlets of the 45'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
John Burton (1710-1771) An Englishman