The Sale of the Late King's Goods
The Sale of the Late King's Goods | Rare and modern books | Brotton, Jerry
Rare and modern books
Brotton, Jerry
Macmillan,
2006
The Sale of the Late King's Goods
The Sale of the Late King's Goods | Rare and modern books | Brotton, Jerry
Rare and modern books
Brotton, Jerry
Macmillan,
2006
11.00 €
(Hyde,
United Kingdom)
Payment methods
- PayPal
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Details
- Year of publication
- 2006
- ISBN
- 1405041528
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Brotton, Jerry
- Publishers
- Macmillan
- Size
- 9.5 x 6.25 inches
- Edition
- First Edition
- Keyword
- History, Charles I, Paintings
- Cover description
- Near Fine
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- True
Description
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.
