Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law, remarkable proceedings proceedings in five parliaments, etc. Beginning the sixteenth year of King James, anno 1618. and ending ... [with the death of King Charles the First, 1648] / Digested in order of time, and now published, by John Rushworth.

London : R. Boulter [etc.], 1680-1701.

8 volumes, fldg. engr. plate : engr. frontispiece (one folded, most portraits (volumes 2), engr. portraits ; (folio)

Wing R2317-2319

Wing R2334

Wing T2232a

ESTC R12967

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), R2317

Title vignette: v. 1-2

Vol. 1, 1682; v. 2, 1680; v. 3 has no general t.p.; v. 4-5, 1692; v. 6-7, 1701; v. 8, 2d ed., 1700

1st ed., 1659-1701

Various errors in pagination

Copy 1 Vol. 1 Note: Binder's labels (18th-cent.) transpose vols. ii and iii and place vol. viii as iv.

[I] Proceedings in five parliaments ... ending the fifth year of King Charles, anno 1629.--[II-III] The second part, containing the principal matters which happened from the dissolution of the parliament, on the 10th of March, 4 Car. I. 162*8*9. until ... April 13. 1640.--[IV-V] The third part ... Containing the principal matters ... from the meeting of the parliament, November the 3d. 1640. to the end of the year 1644. Wherein is a particular account of the rise and progress of the civil war.--[VI-VII] The fourth and last part ... Containing the principal matters ... from the beginning of the year 1645, to the death of King Charles the First 1648. Wherein is a particular account of the progress of the civil war.--[VIII] The tryal of Thomas earl of Strafford ... upon an impeachment of high treason by the commons assembled in parliament ... begun ... the 22 of March 1640: and continued ... until the 10th of May, 1641