Eikōn basilikē : The pourtraicture of His sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings: together with his private prayers, used in the time of his restraint, delivered to D. Juxon, Bishop of London, immediately before his death
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Type of record: Book
Title: Eikōn basilikē : The pourtraicture of His sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings: together with his private prayers, used in the time of his restraint, delivered to D. Juxon, Bishop of London, immediately before his death
Other titles: Eikōn basilikē
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 Roger Daniel]
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): 1649
Language: English
Size and medium: [8], 263, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/287911
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002479429705181
Description
Authorship of the Eikōn basilikē 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 two words of title in Greek characters.
Place of publication from Wing. Printer's name from Madan.
First leaf bears coat of arms on recto.
In this edition, line 12 ends: deliver-. Other editions end "Juxon," or "delive-".
Page 93 wrongly numbered 39.
Indexed in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) E306; Almack 42; Madan 26, first issue.
Additional description
Wants royal arms, frontispiece, portrait of king, and portrait of the prince. On flyleaf is MS inscription Elizabeth Wriothesley book . On verso of last leaf is MS extract from D'Oyly's Life of Archbishop Sancroft . Deposited from the Brotherton Library
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