Author: BROTTON, JERRY
Title: The Sale of the Late King's Goods
Description: London, Macmillan. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 1405041528) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to spine ends. 436pp. This begins with King Charles I's lavish expenditure on his art collection, one of the finest that England has ever seen, then, following his execution, it describes how Cromwell's regime sold off or gave away nearly 2,000 paintings. tapestries, statues and drawings in an attempt to settle the dead king's vast debt. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: History, Charles I, Paintings Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing 1405041528


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