Gc.7.24(25)
[Newes from the narrow seas]
Nevves from the narrovv seas, being a certain relation of a mighty and fearfull fight in those seas, upon the coast of Frizeland, between a navy of Danes of a hundred sayle, under the command of the Grave van Erfurt, the Danish admirall, and mine Here van Trump, admirall to the states of the united provinces. Wherein the said van Trump obtained a glorious victory by the utter overthrow of the Danish navy, which was (as is probably supposed) intended for England to assist His Majesty against the Parliament. The battell hapning on Tuesday last, the first of November, old stile. The relation of it was sent over from Amsterdam in a letter by a merchant of good quality to a gentleman in this city, and by him published.
London : Printed for Francis Wright, 1642.
8 p. ; 19 cm (4to)
Signed at end: Em. D.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb: 8th".
Includes title enclosed in decorated border, head-piece and decorated initial.
Number 7 on page 7 has been printed upside down.
Signatures: A⁴ (A2 misprinted as A).
Wing (2nd ed.), D19
Thomason, E.126[27]
Armorial bookplate of Eton College, undated, on front pastedown.
Sammelband. 17th-century speckled calfskin over ?pasteboards. Covers decorated with double blind fillets to form a border; gilt fillet on board edges. Spine re-backed, with blind and fillets and gilt titling over red morocco label ("Petitions etc. 1641, 2 Vol. VII"). Textblock trimmed and dyed red. Endpapers of modern undecorated paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock. 20th-century repairs by R.L. Day.
Bound with 100 other items.
Naval battles North Sea Early works to 1800.
Netherlands History, Naval Early works to 1800.
Denmark History, Naval Early works to 1800.
Wright, Francis, active 1642 - 1643 bookseller.
England London.
eng
B52475