benett stanford william ansell day (3 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book presents a unique collection of letters written by King Charles I and his advisors to Prince Rupert of the Rhine during the English Civil War. The letters provide a detailed account of the military campaigns, diplomatic negotiations, and political intrigues of the period. They illuminate the complexities and challenges faced by both sides in the conflict, while also shedding light on the personalities and motivations of the key players involved. The letters reveal the deep divisions within English society at the time, the rise of Puritanism, and the growing tensions between the Crown and Parliament. Through the private correspondence of the King and his inner circle, the book offers a fascinating glimpse into one of the most turbulent and consequential periods in British history. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Leather. Etat : Fair. None (illustrateur). A detailed collection of correspondence concerning the English Civil War, the Popish Plot, and a contested election in 1680. A detailed collection of letters and correspondence with reference to the English Civil War, the Popish Plot, and the 1680 election. Letters and correspondence included have been issued by the King, Lord Grandison, Henry Hastings (Lord Loughborough), Duke of Richmond, Sir Jacob Astley, Henry Osborne, Thomas Fairfax, Andrew Seymour, Charles II, William Bennett, and many more. Transcribed by Vere Benett-Stanford, an English politician. With an introduction by William Ansell Day, an English author and editor. In the original half red calf binding with cloth boards. Externally, sound with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the cloth. Discolouration of the spine. Front joint starting but firm, rear board detached but present. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Fair. book.

A total of 211pp., 8vo, paginated vii + xcviii + 105 + [1]. In red leather quarter-binding, with a coat of arms stamped in gilt on the green cloth front cover, and the title in gilt on the spine. Internally in fair condition, on lightly aged paper, in shaken and worn binding, with damage at head and tail of spine. Tastefully printed in a heavy style by Wyman and Sons. Day's 98-page introduction concludes by explaining thaht 'the documents now printed are in possession of Mr. Benett Stanford, the collateral descendant of Colonel Benett, and present member for Shaftesbury. The papers were accidentally discoverred by him two years since whilst destroying a vast accumulation of old unarranged and useless documents. In committing these papers to the flames he remarked on one of them the signature "Charles R," and reserved the bundle in which it was contained for further investigation - subsquently the remainder of the documents in his possession were very carefully examined, and the result has been the selection for publication of these which are now printed. Without claiming for them any great historical value, it is yet thought that they possess an interest for the scholar and historian which renders them worthy of publicity, while the domestic letters, and the sketch of the contested election two centuries ago abound in curious details which are not readily met with in other works.' The 55 civil war letters, 1643-1656, include 9 from King Charles I to Prince Rupert, and 19 from Lord Percy to Prince Rupert. There are also four letters from William Benett to his mother; all 1679, and 14 letters from William Benett to Colonel Benett, 1677-1680. Now extremely uncommon.