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Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-05-29. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. New.

Hardback. New.

[London: Printed by Roger Daniel], 1649. Second edition. [8], 263 pp. Woodcut device of the King's arms on recto of first leaf. LACKING folded engraved frontispiece. 2 engraved portraits. 1 vols. 8vo. 19th-century sheep. Bookplates. Second edition. [8], 263 pp. Woodcut device of the King's arms on recto of first leaf. LACKING folded engraved frontispiece. 2 engraved portraits. 1 vols. 8vo. Madan 25; Wing (2nd ed.) E307

London, Printed By R. Norton for Richard Royston, Bookseller to His Most Sacred Majesty, 1681 [12], 256 printed pages. Eikon Basilike printed in Greek on title page. Frontispiece engraving of King Charles 1 at prayer, and at page 220 a portrait of King Charles ii, then The Prince of Wales. A3 is a dedication leaf to King Charles ii by Richard Royston. The printed page number for page 186 has been misprinted and reads 860. William Lloyd's 1748 ownership signature on title page and that of his father, perhaps, doodled over. Some mild darkening to extreme margins of pages. 18.5 x 12 cm. contemporary full calf. Spine in compartments, ruled in gilt and with gilt date of publication at the foot. Both boards slightly bowed. Label for title missing. Lower corner, upper hinges and top of spine worn away in small part. Covers with blind ruled borders, deeply patinated. While Charles I, the monarch executed by parliament in 1648/9, has traditionally been identified as the author of Eikon Basilike, this has… Read More

n.p. (London): n.p., 1649. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. (4),260,pp. This edition is likely a variant of Madan #8, or a mixed 12 from Newcomb's printings for No 7(see Madan, p. 18). Without a frontispiece portrait nor any other illustration. Possibly defective, ending with leaf M10 and the word '"Finis" and thus probably not bound with the Letter from the Prince as described by Madan in No. 8. Originally attributed to Charles I, it is now acknowledged that the author is John Gauden. There were at least 40 different English editions printed in 1649, some hurriedly, as this copy must have been Contemporary full brown calf tooled in blind on the boards and on the spine. Joints cracked, but firm; head of spine and lettering labels nearly perished; old library stamp and bookplate; else a good copy.

[London]: [Not Identified], 1648. Hardcover. Good+ (Boards are in great condition; textblock edges are darkened/scuffed/smudged; FRONTIS IS NOT PRESENT; interior is toned and foxed; binding is solid.). Brown leather boards with mounted red title card with gilt lettering; 268, 10 pp.; FRONTIS IS NOT PRESENT. This is a beautifully rebound original copy of this scarce book. "The Eikon Basilike...The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, 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. Written in a simple, moving and straightforward style in the form of a diary, the book combines irenic prayers urging the forgiveness of Charles's executioners with a justification of royalism and the King's political and military programme that led to the Civil War." -- Wikipedia.

[S.l.] : 1648, 1648. First Edition. Hardback. Title repaired. Top edge guillotined with minor loss, margins wormed. Bound in modern modern gilt-blocked buckram, very good. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Physical description; pp. (6), 302, (6). Lacks the portrait. Notes; Attributed to Charles I; also to John Gauden. First two words of title in Greek characters. Includes the scarce ""Praiers used by His Majestie in the time of his sufferings."" and ""A copie of a letter which was sent from the Prince to the King; dated from the Hague, Jan. 23, 1648."" Also ""An epitaph upon King Charls."" Subject; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Great Britain - History - Civil War, 1642-1649 - Sources. Other names Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Gauden, John, 1605-1662. Referenced by: Wing (2nd ed.) E286B.

Hage Printed by Samuell Broun., 1649. 1649 24mo. [12], 318 p. The frontispiece is an unsigned version of Marshall's design. Contemporary blind ruled calf, neatly rebacked at some time and with a contrasting label. The leather with some surface loss and wear on the corners. The inner joints strengthened with cloth strips and the endpapers replaced. Ownership inscriptions of Alexander Keith, possibly Alexander Keith of Ravelston a friend of Sir Walter Scott. The first of three Hague printings by Brown. All are scarce. ESTC R33416. Madan 37.

London: Printed by R. Norton for Richard Royston Bookseller to His most Sacred Majesty [from 1649], 1681. Morocco. Fine. Later seventeenth-century edition of this purported spiritual autobiography attributed to King Charles I of England. Crown 8vo (181 x 101mm): [16],256pp, with frontispiece engraved by William Marshall (Madan 47) and full-page portrait of Charles II facing Chapter XXVII. Beautifully bound to period style by Fitterer in black morocco, spine in six compartments divided by raised bands ruled in blind, covers paneled in gilt with curlicue corner devices, burgundy red leather lettering piece gilt, end papers renewed. An exceptional copy, tightly bound and clean throughout with crisp impressions of the plates. Madan 66. Almack 62. ESTC R204383. Wing E311A. Originally attributed to Charles I, but, according to Madan, composed by John Gauden, Bishop of Worcester, who probably included some authentic writings of the King and may even have collaborated with him. The first edition was in… Read More