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Eikōn basilikē : The pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiesty in his solitudes and sufferings

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Type of record: Book

Title: Eikōn basilikē : The pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiesty in his solitudes and sufferings

Other titles: Eikōn basilikē

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Pol/EIK

Additional creator(s): Charles king of England (1600-1649) (Other); Gauden, John Bishop of Worcester (1605-1662) (Other)

Related people: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649; Charles; Gauden, John

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication city: [London]

Date(s): Printed anno Dom. 1648 [i.e. 1649]

Language: English

Size and medium: [4], 269, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates (folded)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/287714

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002460259705181

Description

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.


Date in imprint given according to Lady Day dating.


Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed., 1994) E280; Almack 12, in the state with misnumbered contents; Madan 6.

Additional description

Wants correct frontispiece (no. 14), and blank final leaf frontispiece no. 2 inserted facing p. 1. Inserted facing p. 232 is a portrait of the prince, not among those described by Madan. Inside front cover is Latin inscription recording the gift of the book to Samuel Hemingway from John Ramsden, 1688, covered by bookplate. From the library of George Taylor Ramsden, M.P. Deposited from the Brotherton Library

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