Title
An unhappy game at Scotch and English. Or a full answer from England to the papers of Scotland. : Wherein their Scotch mists and their fogs; their sayings and gaine-sayings; their juglings, their windings and turnings; hither and thither, backwards and forwards, and forwards & backwards again; their breach of Covenant, Articles, & treaty, their King-craft present design, against the two houses of Parliament, & people of England, their plots and intents for usurpation and government over us and our children detected, discovered, and presented to the view of the world, as a dreadfull omen, all-arme, and warning to the kingdome of England..
Varying form of title
Vnhappy game at Scotch and English
Varying form of title
Vnhappy game at Scotch and English. Or a full answer from England to the papers of Scotland
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Full answer from England to the papers of Scotland
Imprint
Edinburgh, [i.e. London?] : printed (as truly, as the Scotch papers were at London) by Evan Tyler, printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, and are to be sold at the most solemn signe of the Blew-Bonnet, right opposite to the two Houses of Parliament., 1646..
Physical description
[2], 26 p. ; 19 cm (4to)
Note
Attributed to Richard Overton and to John Lilburne.
Note
"The imprint is false"--Thomason Catalogue; probably printed at London.
Note
"The book was ordered by the House of Commons, on the day of its publication, to be suppressed and publicly burnt on the 2nd December; the Committee for Complaints were ordered to endeavour to find the printer"--Thomason Catalogue.
Note
In this edition, the title page has no border; in another edition, the title page is bordered with fleurs-de-lis.
Note
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nou: 30th".
Note
Signatures: A-C4 D2.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), L2195
Citation/references note
Thomason, E.364[3]
Citation/references note
ESTC, R201238
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1977. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Thomason Tracts; 58:E.364[3]).
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
Late 17th-century mottled dark brown calf over paper boards; sewn on four supports; blind fillets forming two concentric rectangular frames on boards, with blind stamps at outer corners of inner frame; spine with four raised bands, and blind fillets and rolls; gilt roll around board edges; text block edges marbled; leather spine label with "Tracts on Scotland" tooled in gilt; "1638" in gilt at tail of spine; evidence of earlier stab stitching on some items.
Copy-specific note
Bound with many other pamphlets about Scotland. Manuscript list of contents of volume on upper endleaves.
Copy-specific note
Marginal annotations in ink (mostly lines).
Subject
Book burning England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Scotland (Place) Foreign relations England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Scotland (Place) History Charles I, 1625-1649.
Added entry--name
Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Overton, Richard, active 1646 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Tyler, Evan associated name.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
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