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Book ID: 2576
| Title | The Entertainment of His Most Excellent Majestie Charles II, in His Passage through the City of London to His Coronation; Containing an exact Accompt of the whole Solemnity; the Triumphal Arches, and Cavalcade, delineated in Sculpture; the Speeches and Impresses illustrated from Antiquity. To these is added, A Brief Narrative of His Majestie's Solemn Coronation: With His Magnificent Proceeding, and Royal Feast in Westminster Hall | |||||
| Authors | Ogilby, John | |||||
| Year of event | 1661 | |||||
| Event description | Coronation of Charles II (1630-1685) as King of England and Scotland | |||||
| Event type | Coronations, elections and accessions | |||||
| Event place | London | |||||
| Publication info | London: Richard Mariot; Thomas Dring; 1662; 2° | |||||
| Pages | 195pp | |||||
| Illustrations | 35 engravings by David Loggan | |||||
| Festival type | Banquets and feasts; Cavalcades; Orations; Speeches; Triumphal arches | |||||
| Rulers | Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland | |||||
| Artists | Hollar, Wenceslas; Loggan, David | |||||
| Shelfmark | BL 5534.264500 vol 43 DSC; BL L.R.294.d.15; HAB 38.4° 338; HAB Gr 2° 29 | |||||
| URL | http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=V34583 | |||||
| Notes | The small illustrations generally reproduce antique coins. The copy at BL L.R.294.d.15. lacks all but two of the plates. Copy at HAB 38.4° 338 and at BL 5534.264500 vol 43 DSC is a facsimile. | |||||