The None-such Charles his Character: Extracted, out of divers Originall Transactions, Dispatches and the Notes of severall Publick Ministers, and Councellours of State (1651)
London: Printed by R.I. and are to be sold by John Collins in Little Brittaine, 1651. 1st ed., 12mo, full leather binding with tooled blind-stamped decoration, gilt decoration and title to spine, raised bands, gold ruled boards. Engraved portrait of Charles I frontis, with engraved text underneath: "Mars, Puer, Alecto. Virgo, Vulpes, LEO, Nullus". (This is supposed to refer to a prophecy about the monarchs of England: Mars, the God of war, Henry VIII.; Puer, a boy, Edward VI.; Alecto, a fury, Queen Mary; Virgo, a maiden, Queen Elizabeth; Vulpes, a fox, King James; Leo, a lion, King Charles; Nullus, none.) Restored and rebound, new endpapers, pp (viii)196, plus 20 page index. Small amount of insect damage to foot of most pages, not affecting text. Small ink mark outside edge of text block, two contemporary ink lines to title-page. Very good condition.
An anonymously published attack on King Charles I. Sir Balthazar Gerbier (1592 -1663) was an Anglo-Dutch courtier, diplomat, art advisor and architectural designer who spent time with the English court. but later allied himself with Cromwell and the Parliamentarians. Gerbier concludes of Charles that "He did not reigne like a King, for that he was unjust, both to his owne people, and to other Nations. Neither dyed he like a King, Nor was he mourned like a King. Finally, his Effigies was not suffered to stand like a King. And therefore he is by right termed. the None-such Charles." Charles I had been executed in 1649; despite Gerbier's attack on the King he was employed together with Peter Mills in erecting the triumphal arches for Charles II's entry into London in 1661. Item #103289
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