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Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred
Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred
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Author: Charles I, King of England [Gauden, John]
Title: Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudue and Sufferings: Together with His Majesties praiers delivered to Doctor Juxon immediately before his death
Place Published: [London]
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Date Published: 1649
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[8], 272, 173-175,178, [1] pp. With folding frontispiece. Title page printed in red and black. (16mo) 16x10 cm (6½x4") period half calf and marbled boards, gilt spine.



With folding frontispiece of Charles kneeling. Beneath the illustration are 2 columns of The Explanation of the Emblem, one in Latin, one in English, signed G.D. for Gulielmus Dugard. With a copy of a letter from Prince Charles at the rear. . This extraordinary book was supposedly written by King Charles I in his death cell. It was published a few days after Charles was beheaded. According to many authorities, no book had ever had such tremendous effect on the people of England. The wave of revulsion against the beheading almost swamped Cromwell and doomed the Commonwealth before it began.

Condition
Wear and soiling to binding, bottom half of spine strip lacking; hinges starting, old catalog entry tipped in at front free endpaper, scattered light foxing; about very good.
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Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred

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