Eikōn basilikē : The pourtraicture of His sacred Maiestie in his solitudes and sufferings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gauden, John, 1605-1662.

Contributor:

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

Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, engraver.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Charles.

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

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--1642-1649--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

[8], 269, [3] p., folded plate : port.

Place of Publication:

[London : printed by John Grismond for Richard Royston], M.DC.XLVIII. [1648, i.e. 1649]

Summary:

eebo-0014

Notes:

The first two words of the title are 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.

Printer's name from Madan; place of publication from Wing; date in imprint given according to Lady Day dating.

With engraved frontispiece, Madan frontis. no. 14.

Signatures: A² B-M¹² N⁴ (-N4). Last leaf blank, not filmed? (cf. Madan).

Copy cropped and tightly bound, with some loss of text; frontispiece cropped.

Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library.

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) E279

Madan, F. New bibliography of the Eikon Basilike 5

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