Beschreibung:

Charles I. A Perfect Narrative of the whole Proceedings of the High Court of Justice in the Tryal of the King in Westminster Hall, on Saturday the 20. and Monday the 22. of this instant January, [& A Continuation of the Narrative..., Parts 2 & 3], London: printed for John Playford, January 23, 25 & 29, 1648 [i.e. 1649], 3 parts, 16, 8, 15 pp. respectively, bound with King Charles his Speech made upon the Scaffold at Whitehall Gate, immediately before his execution, on Tuesday the 30. of Jan. 1648. With a relation of the manner of his going to execution. Published by spetiall Authority, London: Printed by Peter Cole, 1649, 8 pp., all pages numbered in brown ink to upper outer corners, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with bookplate of C. Pearl Chamberlain to front endpaper, dated March 1914, early 20th-century antique-style blind-ruled full calf (by Riviere), lightly rubbed, 4to (Quantity: 1) Nelson and Seccombe 518.1, 518.2 & 518.3; Thomason E.538, E.539 & E.540; Wing C2792bA (for King Charles his Speech). Printed within hours of the actual events. In January 1649, Parliament established a High Court of Justice, under the presidency of John Bradshaw, and on 20 January, the trial of Charles I began in Westminster Hall before some 70 Commissioners, lasting until 27 January. Charles was beheaded outside Banqueting House in Whitehall on 30 January 1649, the day after the printing of the third part present here.