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Book ID: 2577
| 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: printed by Tho. Roycroft; 1662; 2° | |||||
| Pages | 192pp | |||||
| Illustrations | 15 + 30 engravings by Wenceslas Hollar | |||||
| Festival type | Banquets and feasts; Cavalcades; Inscriptions; Orations; Speeches; Triumphal arches; Verses; Commemorative medals | |||||
| Rulers | Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland | |||||
| Artists | Hollar, Wenceslas (1607-1677) {Art; Eng}; Loggan, David (1634-1692) {Eng} | |||||
| Shelfmark | BL 604.i.18.; BL 140.h.17.; BL C.77.i.1.; BL N.Tab.2024/24.; HAB Microfiche 207:O-381; V&A II.RC.H.2 | |||||
| URL | http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/BookDetails.aspx?strFest=0249 | |||||
| Notes | The small engravings generally depict antique coins. A digital copy of the edition held by the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery can be found here (copy link and paste into browser address bar): http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=V56125 | |||||