Shelfmark
Gc.7.24(62)
Title
Newes from Manchester being a trve relation of the battell fought before Manchester. Wherein the Lord Strange lost 150. men besides 100 taken prisoners, with the losse only of 12 men of the town side, whereof six of them were taken prisoners. Sent in a letter to a private friend..
Varying form of title
Newes from Manchester being a true relation of the battell fought before Manchester
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed for Richard Best., 1642..
Physical description
[8] p. ; 19 cm (4to)
Note
Signatures: A⁴.
Note
Includes title enclosed by decorated border, head-pieces, and decorated initial.
Note
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Octob. 5th".
Citation/references note
ESTC, R20573
Citation/references note
Thomason, E.121[5]
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.), N980
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
Derby, James Stanley, 1607 - 1651 Earl of,
Subject
Manchester (England) History Siege, 1642 Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History Campaigns Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Best, Richard bookseller.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52550