The Indictment, Arraignment, Tryal, and Judgment, at large, of Twenty-nine Regicides, the Murtherers of His Most Sacred Majesty King Charles the First, Of Glorious Memory, Begun at Hick's-Hall on Tuesday the Ninth of October, 1660, and Continued at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey until Friday the Nineteenth of the same Month : Together with a Summary of the Dark and Horrid Decrees of those Cabbalists, Preparatory to that Hellish Fact ... To which is added, Their Speeches. With a Preface, giving an Account of the Rise and Progress of Enthusiasm among us, and in other Parts of Europe; with the Characters, and Answers to the Tenets of the several Persons Executed
London: Printed for J. Walthoe, M. Wootton, G. Conyers, [and 6 others], 1713. New edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (7 3/4 x 5"). [6], xxviii, 312, 104pp. Later blind-stamped paneled calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Imprimatur leaf stating J. Berkenhead 1660 present. Frontispiece portrait of king Charles I engraved by Michael van der Gucht after an oil painting by Anthony van Dyck.
Originally published anonymously in 1660 under the title: "An exact and most impartial accompt of the indictment, arraignment, trial, and judgment (according to law) of nine and twenty regicides, the murtherers of His late Sacred Majesty of most glorious memory," this edition contains a preface and an appendix of speeches, prayers, etc.. that were not part of the 1660 edition.
Binding rubbed along edges, with head and tail of spine partly chipped. Pasted on inside of front cover is the armorial bookplate of John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (1750-1842) with the motto: Nec Rege, Nec Populo, Sed Utroque (Not with the king, not with the people, but with both). Previous owner's name in ink at upper margin of bookplate (Leland Carlson). Moderate offsetting / foxing to very first and very last leaves. Binding in overall good-, interior in very good condition. g- to vg. Item #42671
Price: $600.00