Author: WALKER, EDWARD
Title: Historical Discourses Upon Several Occasions in Eight Parts... Together with Perfect Copies of All Votes, Letters, Proposals and Answers Relating to... The Treaty Held at Newport in the Isle of Wight... . 1648
Description: The Turk's Head Fleetstreet: W. B. [for] Samuel Keble, 1705. First Edition. Brown hardback leather spine over marbled papered boards. 350mm x 230mm (14" x 9"). 369pp, 98pp. Engraved frontis plate of Charles I on horseback; facing folding plate depicting the King dictating orders to Walker, in the field and using a drum as a writing table; additional heraldic coat of arms and engraved decorative dedicatory page. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Sir Edward Walker (1612-77) enjoyed a long and distinguished career in royal service. During the Civil Wars, he served as Clerk Extraordinary of the Privy Council, Secretary to the Council of War and Secretary at War. These roles placed him at the heart of the Royalist war effort and brought him into daily contact with King Charles I. Walker also wrote a contemporary account of the years 1644-45. Published posthumously in 1705 as Historical Discourses, written under the auspices of the King. It contains the most widely known account of the Battle of Lostwithiel (1644), a turning point in the English Civil War.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Respined with new endpapers inserted. Ex lib with library plate to front pastedown and stamps. Housed in brown cloth solander case .

Keywords: Tudor and Stuart History 1650 - 1750 Antiquarian Army History


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