Eikōn basilikē : The povrtraictvre of His sacred Majestie in his solitvdes and svfferings
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Type of record: Book
Title: Eikōn basilikē : The povrtraictvre of His sacred Majestie in his solitvdes and svfferings
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); Marshall, William (fl. 1617-1650) (Other)
Related people: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649; Charles; Gauden, John; Marshall, William
Publisher: [printed by John Grismond for Richard Royston]
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): 1648 [i.e. 1649]
Language: English
Size and medium: [8], 269, [3] p., folded plate
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/287907
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002479249705181
Description
Originally attributed to Charles I, but, according to Madan (p. 125-33), written by John Gauden, who probably included some authentic writings of the King.
The portrait is signed: Guil: Marshall sculpsit.
First two words of title in Greek characters.
Printer's and publisher's names from Madan; the publication year is given according to Lady Day dating.
The last leaf is blank.
The second state of the first edition. The imprint has been reset; quire G is mispaginated, as in the first state; page 244 misnumbered 444.
Pourtraicture of His sacred Maiestie in his solitudes and sufferings.
Indexed in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) E268; Almack 1; Madan 1, second issue.
Additional description
Mispaginations corrected in ink in some cases. Wants frontispiece portrait of the king from a later edition inserted in its place. The gift of F.F. Madan. Deposited from the Brotherton Library
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