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A history of three of the judges of King Charles I. Major-General Whalley Major-General Goffe and Colonel Dixwell: Who at the Restoration 1660 fled to America; and were secreted and concealed in Massachusetts and Connecticut for near thirty years.
1794025454Hartford Connecticut: Elisha Babcock 1794. Good - Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. Hinges are sound with only a single half inch hairline crack. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Foxing mostly light to moderate to several pages. Slight age toning. Bound in full leather sprinkled calf with 5 raised spine bands. Brown leather spine label mostly chipped away. Gilt spine decorations and gilt double ruled borders on the front and rear covers. Handsome gilt inside dentelles i.e. borders decorated with gilt lacy pattern at inner edges. SEE PHOTOS. Frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Amos Doolittle. This copy includes plates 1 2 4 5 6 8 also engraved Amos Doolittle. Of these 6 plates 5 are folding some copies have only 3 plates that are folding. Plate 1 is a map of New Haven and Its Environs Wheat 281. Plate 4 shows 3 maps one of which shows Hadley Mass Wheat 276 278 280. Plate 5 is a map of the City of New Haven Wheat 275. Plate 8 is another map of Hadley Massachusetts Wheat 279. Lacks pages 145-156 plates 3 and 9 which apparently were not bound in. Plate 7 does not exist in any copy per Howes and Sabin: "there is no plate 7 in any of the copies seen and it is probable none was made." This is a history of three members of the tribunal which had Charles I beheaded in 1649. The author Ezra Stiles was president of Yale College from 1778 until his death in 1795. No errata slip is present in this copy so presumably it is Howes' second issue. Includes the "Advertisement" at the end on an unnumbered page that offers subscribers the option to cancel if dissatisfied with the change in the dimensions of this book from what was described in the prospectus not present. Full title: "A history of three of the judges of King Charles I. Major-General Whalley Major-General Goffe and Colonel Dixwell: Who at the Restoration 1660 fled to America; and were secreted and concealed in Massachusetts and Connecticut for near thirty years. With an account of Mr. Theophilus Whale of Narragansett supposed to have been also one of the judges." Howes S-999. Evans 27743. Sabin 91742. Trumbull Connecticut 1425. ESTC W20469. Church 1264. Wheat and Brun 275-283. First Edition Second Issue. Hardcover. Good - Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 12mo. 358pp. "Advertisement". Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Elisha Babcock Hardcover
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