A history of three of the judges of King Charles I. Major-General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell: Who, at the Restoration, 1660, fled to America; and were secreted and concealed, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for near thirty years.

Hartford [Connecticut]: Elisha Babcock, 1794. Good - Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. Hinges are sound, with only a single half inch hairline crack. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Foxing, mostly light to moderate, to several pages. Slight age toning. Bound in full leather (sprinkled calf?) with 5 raised spine bands. Brown leather spine label mostly chipped away. Gilt spine decorations and gilt double ruled borders on the front and rear covers. Handsome gilt inside dentelles (i.e. borders decorated with gilt lacy pattern at inner edges]. SEE PHOTOS. Frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Amos Doolittle. This copy includes plates 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 also engraved Amos Doolittle. Of these 6 plates, 5 are folding [some copies have only 3 plates that are folding]. Plate 1 is a map of New Haven and Its Environs (Wheat 281). Plate 4 shows 3 maps, one of which shows Hadley, Mass (Wheat 276, 278, 280). Plate 5 is a map of the City of New Haven (Wheat 275). Plate 8 is another map of Hadley, Massachusetts (Wheat 279). Lacks pages 145-156, plates 3 and 9, which apparently were not bound in. Plate 7 does not exist in any copy per Howes and Sabin: "there is no plate 7 in any of the copies seen, and it is probable none was made." This is a history of three members of the tribunal which had Charles I beheaded in 1649. The author, Ezra Stiles, was president of Yale College from 1778 until his death in 1795. No errata slip is present in this copy, so presumably it is Howes' second issue. Includes the "Advertisement" at the end on an unnumbered page that offers subscribers the option to cancel if dissatisfied with the change in the dimensions of this book from what was described in the prospectus (not present). Full title: "A history of three of the judges of King Charles I. Major-General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell: Who, at the Restoration, 1660, fled to America; and were secreted and concealed, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for near thirty years. With an account of Mr. Theophilus Whale, of Narragansett, supposed to have been also one of the judges." Howes S-999. Evans 27743. Sabin 91742. Trumbull, Connecticut, 1425. ESTC W20469. Church 1264. Wheat and Brun 275-283.. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. Good - Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 12mo. 358pp. + "Advertisement". Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.