Eikonoklastes
Subtitle: in answer to a book intitl'd Eikon basilike : the portrature of his Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings : the author I[ohn]. M[ilton]
Contributors: Simons, Matthew, -1654, printer; Bliss, William Henry, 1835-1909, former owner
Publisher: Printed by Matthew Simmons, next dore to the gilded Lyon in Aldersgate street
Published: 1649
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Controversial literature; Eikon basilike
Notes: I.M. = John Milton.

A reply to Gauden, John. Eikon basilike. Authorship of the Eiḱon basiliḱe was originally attributed to Charles I, but according to Madan (pp. 126-33) it was written by John Gauden, who probably included some authentic writings of the King.

"Burned by proclamation, Aug. 13, 1660, and by order of the convocation of University of Oxford, in July 1683"--McAlpin Collection Catalogue.

The first, eighth and ninth words of the title are transliterated from Greek characters.

The first leaf is blank.

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), M2112

Pforzheimer, 709

Shawcross, J. Milton, 78

Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, 18

Thomason, E.578[5]

Madan, F.F. New bibl. of the Eikon basilike, 159

ESTC R202156

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early calfskin double-panelled in blind and gilt. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt with no label present. The name "W.H. Bliss" -- here conjectured to be the autograph of William Henry Bliss, 1835-1911 -- is inscribed on the front pastedown. The word "Halwey's[?]" is inscribed at the head of the title page. The perforation stamp of the Library is present on the title page.