A large declaration concerning the late tumults in Scotland from their first originalls : together with a particular deduction of the seditious practices of the prime leaders of the Covenanters, collected out of their owne foule acts and writings : by which it doth plainly appeare that religion was onely pretended by those leaders, but nothing lesse intended by them / by the King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balcanquhall, Walter, 1586?-1645.

Contributor:

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.

Young, Robert, -1643, printer.

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

David Milne Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Covenanters.

Politics and government.

Scotland--Politics and government--1625-1649--Early works to 1800.

Scotland.

Covenanters--Early works to 1800.

Scotland--History--Charles I, 1625-1649--Early works to 1800.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Cowan, William (bookplate)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 430 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait, coat of arms ; 29 cm (folio)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Robert Young ..., Anno Dom. MDCXXXIX [1639]

Notes:

"Written by Walter Balcanquhall for Charles I."--ESTC.

Signatures: [A]1 B-2D⁴ 2E⁶ 2F-3G⁴ 3H⁶.

Title within double-ruled border.

Engraved portrait frontispiece.

Woodcuts: coat of arms and initials.

"With a marginal note on p. 41. Variant 1: lacking this note. Variant 2: lacking the comma after 'Scotland' in title."--ESTC.

Identified as STC 21906a on UMI microfilm reel 1431 (Cambridge University Library copy).

Local Notes:

Purchased for the Penn Libraries with the David Milne Library Fund.

Penn Libraries copy is variant with marginal note on p. 41 and comma after "Scotland" in title.

Penn Libraries copy has bookseller's ms. note in pencil on front free endpaper; a few ms. marginal marks and some underlining of text in pencil.

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 21906

ESTC S116832

OCLC:

1930202