Eikōn basilikē
Subtitle: the povrtraictvre of His Sacred Maiestie in his solitudes and sufferings
Contributors: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, attributed name
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2169:3
Publisher: Thomas Newcomb]
Published: 1649
Place of publication: [London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Charles -- I, -- King of England, -- 1600-1649 -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Eikôn basilikê; Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings
Notes: First two words of title in Greek characters

Authorship of the Eikon basilike 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

Printer's name from Madan; place of publication from Wing; date of imprint given according to Lady Day dating

Signatures: Np2s  B-Mp12s  Np4s (-N4). Final leaf blank, not filmed? (cf. Madan)

Madan identifies quires from three settings in copies of this edition; some sheeets printed by Thomas Warren, the rest by Thomas Newcomb

Copy identified on UMI reel 2169 as from the British Library; copy has three Bodleian stamps on the prelims. Copy imperfect; lacking frontis. and final blank leaf; title paged annotated in MS.; tightly bound with print show-through and loss of text

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) E282

Madan, F.F. New bibl. of the Eikon basilike 7

Almack 13

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1993. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2169:03).