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Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England

HOOPER'S REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND, 1738 FIRST EDITION, WITH 27 ENGRAVED PLATES

(CHARLES I) HOOPER, Jacob. An Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. London, 1738.

First edition of Hooper's "impartial" history, profusely illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait depicting Charles I on horseback and 26 full-page engraved plates, many depicting naval and land battles. $3400.

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Indictment, Arraignment, Trial, and Judgment... of Twenty-nine Regicides

THE 1660 TRIAL OF THE REGICIDES OF CHARLES I, 1713 EDITION

(CHARLES I) [FINCH, Heneage, Earl of Nottingham]. The Indictment, Arraignment, Trial, and Judgment… of Twenty-nine Regicides. London, 1713.

Later edition of this contemporary account of the trial of "the murtherers of his late sacred majesty," Charles I, attributed to the prosecuting solicitor-general, with engraved frontispiece portrait of Charles. $1500.

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Trial of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburne

"SAVED BY… THE INTEGRITY OF THE JURY WHO ARE JUDGE OF LAW AS WELL AS OF FACT": THE 1649 TREASON TRIAL OF LEVELER JOHN LILBURNE, RESULTING IN A SURPRISE ACQUITTAL

(LILBURNE, John) [WALKER, Clement] VERAX, Theodorus [pseudonym; here misspelled VARAX]. The Trial of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburne. London, 1710.

Second edition of this transcription of the trial of Leveler John Lilburne, with engraved frontispiece illustration depicting the accused reading from Coke's Institutes and reproducing the medal that was struck in Lilburne's honor after his surprising acquittal, attractively bound. $850.

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