Eikōn basilikē : the pourtracture of His sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings with prayers used in the time of his restraint. Also His Majesties reasons against the pretended jurisdiction of the high court of justice. Hereunto is anexed a letter from the Prince of Wales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gauden, John, 1605-1662.

Contributor:

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, attributed name.

Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, engraver.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649--Early works to 1800.

Charles.

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.

Politics and government.

History.

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1649--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages, 175 pages, 9 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded)) : portrait

Other Title:

Eikôn basilikê

Pourtracture of His sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings

His Majesties prayers in the time of his restraint

Place of Publication:

[London] : Reprinted in regis memoriam [by William Bentley] for John Williams, 1649.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

First two words of title in Greek characters.

Authorship of the Eikon basilike was originally attributed to Charles I, but according to Madan (pp. 125-33) it was written by John Gauden who probably included some authentic writings of the king.

Place of publication from Wing; printer's name from Madan.

Signatures: A-H¹² .

The "prayers" follow pages 175.

Frontispiece engraving signed: Guil: Marshall sculpsit (Madan frontis. numbers 22, 2nd state), is bound between A1 and A2; portrait of Charles II as Prince of Wales (Madan portrait numbers 8) is bound between pp. 150-151.

Copy imperfect: lacking A1, the "Explanation of the embleme" (Madan explanation no. 1), and pp. 76-77; tightly bound with loss of text; copy bound with Henderson, A. "Papers which passed at New-castle" (Madan 99, var. 1).

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2169:10a) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition, 1994) E301

Madan, F.F. New bibl. of the Eikon basilike 34

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