Shelfmark
Fs.4.26(01)
Author
Charles, 1600 - 1649 I, King of England,
Uniform title
[Works]
Title
Reliqviæ sacræ Carolinæ. Or the vvorks of that great monarch and gloriovs martyr King Charls the I. Collected together, and digested in order, according to their severall subjects, civil and sacred. The contents appear in the next ensuing pages..
Varying form of title
Reliquiæ sacræ Carolinæ. Or the works of that great monarch and glorious martyr King Charls the I
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Reliquiae sacrae Carolinae. Or the works of that great monarch and glorious martyr King Charls the I
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Portion of title: VVorks of that great monarch and gloriovs martyr King Charles the I
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Works of that great monarch and glorious martyr King Charls the I
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Caption title: Εἰκὼν Βασιλική
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Eikōn basilikē
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Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings
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Praiers, used by His Majestie in the time of his sufferings
Publication, distribution, etc.
Hague, [i.e. London] : Printed by Samuell Browne. [i.e. by W. DuGard for Francis Eglesfield], 1651..
Physical description
[16], 276; [6], 268, 10, 149-324 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. (ports.) ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Note
Signatures: A-S⁸ T², ²A-R⁸ ²S⁶, ³S-Z⁸ Aa-Ee⁸.
Note
The portrait frontispiece of Charles I (plate), signed "Guil. Marshall delinea: et sculpsit", represents Charles kneeling, with a crown of thorns in his right hand (Madan frontis. 3).
Note
Title-page row of 4 type ornaments; title of "[Eikōn basilikē]" within single rule and row of type ornaments border and with a title-page vignette of royals arms;
Note
The imprint is false; in fact printed in 1651 in London by W. DuGard for Frances Eglesfield (see Madan 24:first issue and Wing).
Note
Head- and tail- pieces; initials.
Note
The folded plate, bound in front of "Eikōn basilikē", is signed: "Guil. Marshall sculpsit" and represents Charles with the crown of thorns in his right hand, with "The explanation of the embleme" below.
Note
"Eikōn basilikē. The pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings" has separate title-page date 1648 (on leaf ²A1 recto); pagination and register are separate. "Praiers, used by His Majestie in the time of his sufferings" has caption title (on leaf ²S2 recto) and separate pagination; register is continuous.
Note
Includes a portrait of Charles II at the age of 19, facing p. 231 of "Eikōn basilikē" (p. 231 bearing heading "27. To the Prince of Wales.").
Note
Authorship of the Eikōn basilikē 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.
Note
The contents of the pages following the "Eikōn basilikē" are: page no.1-6: Prayers; page no.7: a letter; page no.[8-9]: Relations; page no.10: Epitaph, with Greek couplet below followed by "Finis.". According to Madan 24:first issue, these are followed by 4 pages numbered 5-8 or 7-10 bearing Reasons (not included in Almack 22). Pages 149-324 at end are "the Newcastle Papers" (Almack 22).
Note
Almack says: "The 'Eikon' and Prayers do not properly belong to this edition [Almack 22] of the 'Reliquae'", but he includes them in his report. Madan 24 includes only the "Eikon" ([6], 268), and the 10 following pages, plus the pages numbered 5-8 or 7-10.
Note
First word of line 18 on title-page verso: "PART". (cf. ESTC R21104: "PRAT'".)
Citation/references note
ESTC, R223849
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C2073
Citation/references note
Madan, F.F. New bibl. of the Eikon basilike, 24:second issue
Citation/references note
Almack, E. Bibl. of the King's book, 22
Provenance
19th-century armorial bookplate of Eton College Library on upper pastedown; manuscript list of contents in a 19th- or early 20th-century hand on upper flyleaf verso with previous shelfmark in a later hand; bibliographical details on lower flyleaf recto.
Binding
Sammelband. ?Late 17th-century smooth brown calf, sewn on three recessed supports; rebacked (20th century). On both covers, an outer border of gilt double fillets, with small gilt ornamental cornerpieces; medium squares, the board edges tooled with a gilt dotted fillet. Spine flat, divided into seven panels by transverse gilt fillets; second through fourth panels with gilt lettering ("Reliquiae sacrae" / "Pourtraicture" / Apophthegmata aurea &c."), fifth and sixth with a gilt ornamental centrepiece and cornerpiece design, panels at head and tail with similar tooling; endbands replaced during rebacking. Endpapers comprising green marbled paper (pastedown and flyleaf), orange cloth to interior gutter (likely inserted during rebacking). Traces of clasps (missing).
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the Eikon Basilike; a different edition (ESTC R223849) of the Eikon Basilike is inserted in its place (i.e., between the Reliquae and Apophthegmata) and catalogued separately at Fs.9.25(02). The frontispiece portrait is not usually associated with this edition and may have been taken from a different copy.
Copy-specific note
ECL previous shelfmark: L. R. Shelf 3.
Copy-specific note
Bound with another item, shelfmark Fs.4.26(02).
Subject
Charles, 1600 - 1649 I, King of England,
Subject
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649.
Added entry--name
Gauden, John, 1605 - 1662 Eikōn basilikē.
Added entry--name
Browne, Samuel, ? - d. 1665 printer.
Added entry--name
Dugard, William, 1606 - 1662 printer.
Added entry--name
Eglesfield, Francis bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Hague.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51114