The history of the coronation of ... James II ... and of his royal consort Queen Mary: solemnized in the Collegiate church of St. Peter in the city of Westminster, on Thursday the 23 of April ... 1685. With an exact account of the several preparations in order thereunto ... By His Majesties especial command. By Francis Sandford.

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Title: The history of the coronation of ... James II ... and of his royal consort Queen Mary: solemnized in the Collegiate church of St. Peter in the city of Westminster, on Thursday the 23 of April ... 1685. With an exact account of the several preparations in order thereunto ... By His Majesties especial command. By Francis Sandford.
Creator: King, Gregory, 1648-1712 and Sandford, Francis, 1630-1694
Published / Created: 1687
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: In the Savoy: printed by T. Newcomb,
Description: "[Gregory King] was consulted about the coronation ... and was the principal author of the ... volume containing decscriptions and splendid engravings of that ceremony ... though he allowed Francis Sandford to affix his name to the title-page."--Dict. nat. biog.
Plate "The proceeding to the coronation of ... King William and Qveen Mary ... 1689" inserted at end.
Signatures: 2 l. unsigned, b-c2A-Z2Aa-Ll2.
Title in red and black, with vignette.
Extent: 6 p.l., 135 p. : illus., 27 pl., 3 plans. ; 45 cm.
Extent of Digitization: Partially digitized
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Historiography
illustrations (AAT)
prints: engravings (AAT)
Subject (Name): James--II,--King of England,--1633-1701--Coronation
Mary of Modena,--queen consort of James II,--1658-1718--Coronation
Yeates, Nicholas, active 1680-1681

Access: Public
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