W. D. Fellowes

To which is annexed an account of the sums exacted by the Commonwealth from the Royalists, and the names of all those who compounded for their estates; with other scarce documents. Illustrated by fifty lithographic plates.Book Description: 4to (27.8 cm, 10.9"). [8], IX, [1], 432, XII, LXXVI pp.; 44 plts. Fellowes put together this account from sources including Clarendon's life and Sir Philip Warwick's memoirs; he says, "I claim no kind of merit from the compilation of these documents; I have only the desire to present, in one connected whole, the various detached memoranda, and many curious particulars of this most deeply eventful period of our history, which in process of time might otherwise be forgotten." Illustrated with a number of portraits, as well as other engravings and facsimiles of various important letters and documents. Contemporary half sheep over marbled paper-covered sides; spine with gilt-stamped title and raised bands… (mehr)