Eikōn basilikē : the pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings
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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; Pourtraicture of His sacred Maiestie in his solitudes and sufferings
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: Printed [by Thomas Warren]
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): anno Dom. 1648 [i.e. 1649]
Language: English
Size and medium: [12], 269, [1] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/287905
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002479149705181
Description
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.
First 2 words of title in Greek characters.
Several pages misnumbered.
Place of publication from Wing; printer's name from Madan; year of publication given according to Lady Day dating.
Has folded engraved illustration preceding title page; identified as Madan frontispiece 14 (cf. Madan p. 179).
Signatures: A⁶ B-M¹² N⁴.
First and last leaves blank and rarely present; A6 known to exist in only two copies (cf. Madan).
Pourtraicture of His sacred Maiestie in his solitudes and sufferings.
Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed., 1994) E278; Madan 4; Almack 10, the copy with the ownership and another inscription of Henry Morris, St John's College, Oxford, 1650.
Additional description
Wants frontispiece, sigs A1 and N4 (blanks) and A6 (address to reader, rarely found). Wormholes affecting text, pp. 3-32. The gift of F.F. Madan. Deposited from the Brotherton Library
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