EIKÓN BASILIKÉ. THE POURTRAICTURE OF HIS SACRED MAJESTY IN HIS SOLITUDES AND SUFFERINGS.
[London]: [S.n.], 1648 [i.e. 1658?]. Octavo; [12], 374, 9-102 pages.; G-; Half-bound in brown calf with textured cloth boards; label with gilt text on spine. Minor shelf wear and rubbing. Folding frontispiece a modern reproduction. Text block slightly foxed and age-toned, with scattered small stains. Incomplete. This copy lacks the first two of the five parts described by Madan, and the text of the final part is incomplete (though Madan describes it as ending at p. 119). JR Consignment; shelved in Case 0.
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Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $1,000
NOTES
Madan 64, second issue.;
Title page to "Eikōn Basilikē" dated 1648. Dated 1658 by Francis Madan (A new bibliography of the Eikon Basilike, p.77). Authorship of the Eikon basilike was originally attributed to Charles I, but according to Madan (pp. 125-33) it was written by John Gauden which probably included some authentic writings of the king.;