A True Account of the Author of a Book entituled Εἰκὼν Εασιλικὴ, or, The Pourtraiture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitude and Sufferings. With An Answer to all Objections […]

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:#FFFFFF;"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#212529;">Full title:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#212529;"> A True Account of the Author of a Book entituled Ε</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">ἰ</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">κὼν </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#212529;">Εασιλικ</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">ὴ</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#212529;">, or, The Pourtraiture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitude and Sufferings. With An Answer to all Objections made by Dr. Hollingsworth and others, in Defence of the said Book. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#212529;">Published for Publick Satisfaction, and in Vindication of the Author hereof.</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">4to. f. [1] (blank), pp. [2], 37, [1] (blank). Signatures: A-E⁴. Bound in 19^th-century quarter vellum, with golden spine and green lettering panel. Manuscript “8” on p. [38]. First edition, first issue, by the former curate to John Gauden – 48 years earlier – who fully endorses Gauden’s authorship claims of the Eikon Basilike, or ‘the King’s Book’ of the deposed and martyred Charles I. The Eikon Basilike had 64 editions or discrete issues recorded in 1649 alone, and a controversial literature (mainly regarding the true authorship, probably that of Bishop John Gauden) extending to our own day. See F. Madan, Books in manuscript: a short introduction to their study and use, with a chapter on records. London, 1893, 167; D. Wing (ed.), Short-title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641–1700. 4 vols. New York, 1982-98 (2^nd ed.), W310.</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#2C2C2C;background:#FFFFFF;"></span></p><p> </p> <span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4656297" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="color:rgb(75,100,255);background:#FFFFFF;">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</span></a></span>