1648 Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie

Description: Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings. Rom. 8. More than Conquerour, &c. Reprinted in R.M. 1648, 268 pp, 10 pp, full leather, 6.5 x 4.25”, 18mo. An early printing of this important spiritual autobiography attributed to King Charles I of England - published here without the famous frontispiece, In good condition. Later binding, likely late 18th or early 19th c. Marbled leather has minor wear to extremities with slight rounding at corners. Head of spine chipped with loss at top compartment. Light abrasions to surface of spine. Filets lightly chipped. Joints tender with minor cracking at front and rear. Old hand female ownership of Elizabeth Snow from Eliza. B. Dixwell (1823-1888), July, 19th, 1878. J.J. Dixwell’s (John James) signature at top right corner of fly. Old hand ownership on title. Lacking frontispiece. Top edge trimmed. Light toning throughout with scattered age stain and light soiling overall. Some marginalia neatly written in pencil. Rear gutter tender. A poem called the White King by Marie E. Fellowes about Charles I pasted on the rear board. Binding intact. Please see photos. Attributed to John Gauden (1605-1662). The Eikon Basilike is a purported spiritual autobiography attributed to King Charles I of England. It was published on 9 February 1649, ten days after the King was beheaded by Parliament in the aftermath of the English Civil War in 1649. The book combines irenic prayers urging the forgiveness of Charles’s executioners with a justification of royalist and the King’s political and military program that led to the Civil War. Early issue. COLH1648AKLX-623

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