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John Rushworth : Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, Weighty Matters in Law, Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments. Beginning The Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618, And ending the Fifth Year of King Charls [sic], Anno 1629, Digested in Order of Time, And now Published by John Rushworth of Lincolns-Inn, Esq

George Thomason, London, c. 1659.

Rebacked preserving original spine, lacks boards, spine with six compartments of raised gilt bands and gilt armorial motifs, red gilt morocco label on two, lacks ffep. , Aside from minor occasional page fore-edge chipping, the text is in very good condition, generally clean and crisp., Tall 4to., P. title, blank, preface (10), epigraph, to the reader, 1-701, blank, appendix 1-59, blank, index (14), publisher’s advertisement, blank, (2)., Lacks frontispiece, portrait plate, and the folding map.

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John Rushworth : Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, Weighty Matters in Law, Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments. Beginning The Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618, And ending the Fifth Year of King Charls [sic], Anno 1629, Digested in Order of Time, And now Published by John Rushworth of Lincolns-Inn, Esq

George Thomason, London, c. 1659.

Contemporary full blind-lined calf boards, rebacked expertly in six compartments of raised blind-lined bands, gilt red and green morocco labels on two and four respectively, gilt text on six, edges marbled. , Edges with minor chips, the lower fore-corner of p. 345-6 is torn and missing (no loss to text), page numbers do not always follow numerical order, but foliation and text are consistent with no loss. A very good copy, text and plates are clean and crisp., Small Folio, P. (2), blank, frontis, title, blank, preface (10), index (14), 1-691, blank, appendix 1-57, blank, (2)., With three copper-engraved plates, including portraits of Charles I and James I, as well as a folding map of England. The folding map is untitled and attributed to Wenceslas Hollar (Baynton-Williams, “New Worlds,� 83), juxtaposing a map of the British Isles with a view of the Battle of Prague -- effectively comparing the Thirty Years’ War that was devastating Central Europe with the Civil War that was engulfing England, warning the English of the consequences of civil disorder.

A contemporary work written to support the Parliamentarians under Cromwell in the English Civil War., Baynton-Williams, “New Worlds,� 83.

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