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Eikōn basilikē : the pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitude and sufferings

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Type of record: Book

Title: Eikōn basilikē : the pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitude and sufferings

Other titles: Eikōn basilikē; Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings

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: Reprinted [by William Dugard] in R.M

Publication city: [London]

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

Language: English

Size and medium: [4], 187, [1] p., [1] folded plate

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/287715

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002460309705181

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First 2 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; date of publication given according to Lady Day dating.


Pages 28, 37 and 179 misnumbered 74, 39 and 180.


Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings.


Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed., 1994) E277; Almack 9; Madan 14, first issue.

Additional description

Wants frontispiece. With MS inscriptions Orwell No. 163 and The 14th Edition on title-page. The gift of F.F. Madan. Deposited from the Brotherton Library

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