Regicide of CHARLES I Heneage Finch (Earl of Nottingham). An Exact and most Impartial Accompt of the Indicment Arraignment, Trial and Judgement (according to law) of Twenty Nine REGICIDES, Murtherers of the late SACRED MAJESTY of Most Glorious Memory: Began at Hicks-Hall on Tuesday 9th October 1660 and Continued (at the Sessions-House in the Old Bayley) until Friday, the Nineteenth of the Same Month.
Together with a SUMMARY of the Dark, and Horrid decrees of those Caballists, Preparatory to that Hellish Fact. Exposed to view for the Reader's Satisfaction, and Information of Posterity.
LONDON: printed for Andrew Crook at the Green Dragon in St Paul's-Church-yard, and Edward Powel at the White-Swan in Little-Britain, 1660. Collation - [2], 48 p., 49-56 leaves, 57-148, 153-287 p. Text continous despite pagination.
Rebound in full red calf. Text is heavily toned with marks and stains throughout. Top of title page has earlier restoration. Worming to bottom of a section of around 80 pages, not overt. The third leaf has in contemporary hand an index of the Regicides & 'Anne Rodes, Booke.' Second leaf with previous owner, 'J. Froggatt, Lenton 1853.' Also 'George Ellis' to title page. Underlining, page 233. Bookplate: Ex Libris K.F. Russell. (196x145mm)


Estimate $400-800