Shelfmark
Gc.7.24(51)
Main entry--corporate name
England and Wales Parliament.
Title
Directions to Robert Earl of Essex, Captain Generall of the Army for the defence of the King and Parliament, and to the Committee of Assistance, appointed by both Houses of Parliament. Sent from the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by A. Norton for Richard Best., Octob. 6. 1642..
Physical description
[2], 6 p. ; 19 cm (4to)
Note
The directions were sent 26 Sept. 1642.
Note
Includes title enclosed by decorated border, head-pieces, and decorated initials.
Note
Signatures: A⁴.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R214988
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed., 1994), E1525A
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
Essex, Robert Devereux, 1591 - 1646 Earl of,
Subject
England and Wales Parliament
Subject
England and Wales Army
Subject
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Warren, Alice, ? - -1665 printer.
Added entry--name
Best, Richard bookseller.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52524