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Shelfmark

Gc.7.24(25)

Author

Uniform title

[Newes from the narrow seas]

Title

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.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London : Printed for Francis Wright, 1642.

Physical description

8 p. ; 19 cm (4to)

Note

Signed at end: Em. D.

Note

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb: 8th".

Note

Includes title enclosed in decorated border, head-piece and decorated initial.

Note

Number 7 on page 7 has been printed upside down.

Note

Signatures: A⁴ (A2 misprinted as A).

Citation/references note

Wing (2nd ed.), D19

Citation/references note

Thomason, E.126[27]

Provenance

Armorial bookplate of Eton College, undated, on front pastedown.

Binding

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.

Copy-specific note

Bound with 100 other items.

Subject

Subject

Naval battles North Sea Early works to 1800.

Subject

Netherlands History, Naval Early works to 1800.

Subject

Denmark History, Naval Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Added entry--place

England London.

Language code

eng

Identifier

B52475
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