Shelfmark
Fs.4.08(08) (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gc.7.23(16) (Copy 2)
Title
A true and perfect relation of the barbarous and cruell passages of the Kings army, at old-Brainceford, neer London: being presented to the House of Commons, by a committee of the same House, who was sent thither, on purpose to examine the truth of the particular actions of the said army.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : Printed for E. Husbands and J Frank, and are to be sold at their shops, in the middle Temple, and next doore to the Kings-Head in Fleetstreet., 1642. Novemb. 25.
Physical description
[4], 12 p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Note
With an order to print on verso of first leaf, reading: 24 Novemb. 1642. Ordered by the Commons ... this relation, ... be forthwith printed and published; ... no person, ... shall ... print the same ... but Edward Husbands and John Frank ... H. Elsynge, Cler. Parl Dom. Com.
Note
Title page printed within border of typographic ornaments.
Note
Signatures: A-B⁴.
Note
In a variant setting, the text on A2 recto ("The preamble.") begins with an engraved sill intended for the capital letter 'U', but which was printed with the sill empty, and the catchword 'Elo' is set with a swash 'E'.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R22946
Citation/references note
Thomason, E.128[17]
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T2551
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1967. 1 microfilm reel 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 249:E.128[17]).
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. :University Microfilms, 1977. 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. (Thomason Tracts; 23:E.128[17]).
Provenance
(Copy 2) Bookplate of Eton College Library on the front pastedown.
Binding
(Copy 1) Tipped onto guards of ?early 20th-century pamphlet volume; sprinkled calf half binding; light grey book cloth boards; red morocco spine label lettered in gilt "Broadsides - 1640-1649".
Binding
(Copy 2) 17th century speckled sheep; blind double fillet to form a border on covers; single gilt fillet along board edges; red stained text block edges; smooth spine with blind and gilt double fillets; red leather spine label "Petition etc. 1641,2 vol. VI"; one additional flyleaf at the beginning and the end of volume; rebacked by Richard Day.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Bound in a volume of pamphlets; ms. list of volume contents inside front cover.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Previously: Fq.4; Fm.a.1.1.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Bound in a volume of Civil War pamphlets with a list of volume contents on 19th/20th century Eton stationery tipped in at the front.
Subject
England and Wales.. Parliament. Proceedings. 1642-11-24.
Subject
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Husband, Edward printer.
Added entry--name
Frank, John, active 1641 - 1642 printer.
Added entry--name
Day, Richard binder.
Added entry--title
Proceedings. 1642-11-24.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B40911