Lot 332
Stuarts and the Jacobite Risings - Broadsides and pamphlets
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Charles I. Two speeches delivered by the Kings most Excellent maiestie at Oxford. Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, reprinted London for John Turner, [1642]. 4to., stitched inner margins torn and repaired, [Wing C2863]; Charles II A Proclamation to summon the persons... who sate, gave judgment and assisted in that horrid and detestable murder of His Majesties Royal Father. Edinburgh: Christopher Higgins, 1660. Broadside, 350 x 253mm., [Wing C2584], stains, tiny holds at folds, torn without loss; Scotland. Priviy Council A proclamation for discovery of the horrid and sacrilegious murther of the late Arch-Bishop of Saint Andrews. Broadside, 435 x 335mm., [Wing S1870], repaired tear, some soiling; Scotland, Priviy Council Act of Council, for burning the solemn league and covenant, and several other traiterous libels. Edinburgh: Hier of Andrew Anderson, 1682. Single sheet, 262 x 141mm., [Wing S1449], spotted; [Scotland] The address of the Commissioners to the General Convention of the Royal Burrows.... upon the great concern of the Union, proposed betwixt Scotland and England. [? Edinburgh: ?1706]. Broadside, 387 x 230mm., [ESTC t062804], somewhat creased; George I [Proclamation of Accession]. whereas it hath pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy our late Sovereign Lady Queen Anne. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1714. Broadsheet, 420 x 320mm., folded, [not traced in ESTC]; Shepheard, James The dying speech of James Shepheard who suffered death at Tyburn, March the 17th, 1717/18. [London, 1718]. One sheet; 317 x 170mm.; James, Prince of Wales His Majesty's most gracious declaration. [?Edinburgh], 1743. 4to., 8pp., stitched; Charles Prince of Wales ... whereas we are certainly informed, that the elector of Hanover has taken upon him to summon a Parliament. [Edinburgh: 1745]. 4to, one sheet, laid down with repairs, soiled; [A letter] to a gentleman in England, from one in the Prince's army. [?London, 1745]. 4to., 4pp., slightly soiled (10)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire