Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection(GUNPOWDER PLOT)Report of the Gunpowder Plot in Niderlandisher Kriegs-Journal, 1606 Folio (12 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.; 312 x 227 mm). Title-page with a fine engraving of the Gunpowder Plot Conspirators after Crispijn de Passe the Elder; title-page creased and slightly frayed at fore-edge costing a few letters of text. Disbound. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot. An exceedingly rare Dutch account of the failed assassination attempt on James I, with a fine title-page engraving of the conspirators. A cabal of English Catholics intended to blow up Parliament 5 November 1605 but the scheme was uncovered and the conspirators were killed resisting arrest or arrested and executed. The title-page engraving depicts the leader of the plot, Robert Catesby, and seven of his fellow conspirators: Guy Fawkes (but here, Guido Fawkes), Thomas Bates Robert and Thomas Wintour (here, Winter), John and Christopher Wright (here, Wrigt), and Thomas Percy Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection(GUNPOWDER PLOT)Report of the Gunpowder Plot in Niderlandisher Kriegs-Journal, 1606 Folio (12 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.; 312 x 227 mm). Title-page with a fine engraving of the Gunpowder Plot Conspirators after Crispijn de Passe the Elder; title-page creased and slightly frayed at fore-edge costing a few letters of text. Disbound. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot. An exceedingly rare Dutch account of the failed assassination attempt on James I, with a fine title-page engraving of the conspirators. A cabal of English Catholics intended to blow up Parliament 5 November 1605 but the scheme was uncovered and the conspirators were killed resisting arrest or arrested and executed. The title-page engraving depicts the leader of the plot, Robert Catesby, and seven of his fellow conspirators: Guy Fawkes (but here, Guido Fawkes), Thomas Bates Robert and Thomas Wintour (here, Winter), John and Christopher Wright (here, Wrigt), and Thomas Percy Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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