Shelfmark
Gc.7.23(33)
Main entry--corporate name
England and Wales Parliament. House of Commons.
Title
The copy of a letter presented by a member of the Commons House of Parliament; concerning divers passages at Portsmouth. Read in the said House, the 17th day of August, 1642. 17. Aug. 1642. Ordered that the said letter shall be forthwith printed and published: H. Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by L.N. and I.F. for Edward Husbands and John Franck, and are to be sold at their shops in the middle Temple, and the Kings-head in Fleetstreet, August 19. 1642.
Physical description
8 p. ; 19 cm. (4⁰)
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.) C6132.
Citation/references note
Thomason E.112[35].
Citation/references note
ESTC, R20175.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College Library on the front pastedown.
Binding
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
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
Portsmouth (England) History Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Husband, Edward publisher.
Added entry--name
Frank, John, active 1641 - 1642 publisher.
Added entry--name
Day, Richard binder.
Added entry--place
Great Britain England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52477