The History of the Gun-Powder Plot
with Several Historical Circumstances Prior to that Event, Connecting the Plots of the Roman Catholics to Re-Establish Popery in this Kingdom
Published on 31. October 2024
Book
Hardback
122 pages
978-1-909606-53-1 (ISBN)
Description
Early history of the Gun-Powder Plot told in a series of short biographies. With Illustrations.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-909606-53-1 (9781909606531)
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The son of a London music engraver, and by poor sight debarred from treading his father's vocation, James Caulfield (1764 - 1826) set up as a printseller, vending engravings, adorning books, and fashioning catalogues. In the meantime he fathered seven children, out of which four survived. Samuel Johnson and Richard Cosway were among his visitors, and illustrious collectors numbered among his patrons, including Earl Spencer, Charles Towneley, James Bindley, and Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode. Beyond trade, he ventured into the world of letters and, penning diverse books while also serving as editor and publisher, left his imprint in the realm of antiquarian scholarship and curiosity. In his final years he took to drink, and died in St Bartholomew's Hospital following complications from a kneecap fracture.