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

Archive Print Item: BC Pol/EIK

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Type of record: Book

Title: Eikōn basilikē : the pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie 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); Marshall, William (fl. 1617-1650) (Other)

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

Publisher: [printed by Henry Hills]

Publication city: [London]

Date(s): 1649

Language: English

Size and medium: [4], 195 p., plates (1 folded)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/287717

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002460399705181

Description

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.


Printer's name from Madan; place of publication from Wing.


Frontispiece signed: Guil: Marshall sculpsit.


Pages 3, 78, 98, 99, 110 misnumbered 13, 8, 198, 991, 100.


Sig. F3 wrongly signed F4.


Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed., 1994) E290; Madan 17, second issue.

Additional description

Wants frontispiece and pp. 75-76. Pages 189-195 mutilated. With bookplate of George Kenyon of Peel. The gift of F.F. Madan. Deposited from the Brotherton Library

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