Buy this book on-line CAULFIELD, James : The High Court of Justice; Comprising Memoirs of the Principle Persons Who sat in Judgment on King Charles the First , And Signed His Death-Warrant, Together with those Accessaries, Excepted by Parliament in the Bill of Indemnity. Illustrated with Portraits, Autographs and Seals, Collected from Authentic MaterialsLondon. John Caulfield. 1820
First edition. 4to. Title, xi, [1]p. list of plates, blank, [2]pp. list of subscribers, 112pp. + [4]pp. index. Portrait frontis. of Charles I. + 23 portraits, incl. Cromwell. These portraits are delightfully partisan, each engr. has a border displaying beheaded skulls, chains, axes, the Tower, a hanging scene, etc. Under the name of each of these "baddies" is the way they died, mainly executed, some died in prison, one was assassinated and a couple managed to escape and subsequently died in exile. The book is bound in contemporary half black calf gilt, marbled bds., sl. signs of wear to extremities o/w a clean and sound copy of a very scarce Civil War item. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of CAULFIELD, James : The High Court of Justice; Comprising Memoirs of the Principle Persons Who sat in Judgment on King Charles the First , And Signed His Death-Warrant, Together with those Accessaries, Excepted by Parliament in the Bill of Indemnity. Illustrated with Portraits, Autographs and Seals, Collected from Authentic Materials. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, out of print books, atlases, libri rari and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |