Reliquiæ sacræ Carolinæ. Or The vvorks of that great monarch and glorious martyr King Charls the I : Collected together, and digested in order, according to their severall subjects, civil and sacred. The contents appear in the next ensuing pages
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Type of record: Book
Title: Reliquiæ sacræ Carolinæ. Or The vvorks of that great monarch and glorious martyr King Charls the I : Collected together, and digested in order, according to their severall subjects, civil and sacred. The contents appear in the next ensuing pages
Other titles: Eikōn basilikē; Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings
Classmark: BC Pol/EIK
Creator(s): Charles king of England (1600-1649)
Additional creator(s): Gauden, John Bishop of Worcester (1605-1662) (Other)
Related people: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649; Gauden, John
Publisher: printed by Samuell Browne [i.e. by W. DuGard for Francis Eglesfield]
Publication city: Hague [i.e. London]
Date(s): 1651
Language: English
Size and medium: [16], 276; [6], 268, 10, 149-324 p.; 3 leaves of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/287707
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002459939705181
Description
The portrait frontispiece (to the Eikōn basilikē) of Charles I, signed "Guil. Marshall delinea: et sculpsit", represents Charles kneeling, with a crown of thorns in his right hand (Madan frontis. 3).
The imprint is false; in fact printed in 1651 in London by W. DuGard for Frances Eglesfield (see Madan 24:first issue and Wing).
Authorship of the Eikōn basilikē 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.
The contents of the pages following the "Eikon" are: 1-6 Prayers; 7 Letter, [8-9], Relations; 10 Epitaph, with Greek couplet below. According to Madan 24:first issue, these are followed by 5-8 or 7-10 Reasons (not included in Almack 22). P. 149-324 at end are "the Newcastle Papers" (Almack 22).
Almack says "The 'Eikon' and Prayers do not properly belong to this edition [Almack 22] of the 'Reliquae'", but he includes them in his report. Madan 24 includes only the "Eikon ([6], 268), and the 10 following pages, +5-8 or 7-10.
"Eikōn Basilikē. The pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings" has separate title page date 1648; pagination and register are separate. "Praiers, used by His Majestie in the time of his sufferings" has caption title and separate pagination; register is continuous.
Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings.
Indexed in: Wing C2073; Madan 62, variant (incorporating the Almack 22 edition of the Eikōn basilikē).
Additional description
The frontispiece to the Reliquiæ is Madan, Appendix VI, II, 37, first state the frontispiece to the Eikōn is Madan, Appendix VI, II, 11 (not VI, II, 3, with Explanation engraved below, or VI, II, 2, with Explanation printed below, as called for by Madan). The leaf carrying the Explanation, which should precede this plate, is wanting. Also wanting is the portrait of Charles II as prince. Spine lettered: WORKS OF KING CHARLES I. 1651. Brotherton Collection copy
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