Eikon basilike. . The pourtracture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings.
King Charles I (1600-1649)
Category
Books
Date
1648
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3010242
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],187,[1]p., [1] folded leaf of plates . ill.. . 12mo.. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on final blank page: "George Clifford 1667". Long manuscript inscription on rear fly-leaf: "As the person of him that wrote this transcended his subiects ...". Manuscript inscription on verso of rear fly-leaf: "B Hutton" [probably an ancestor of Dorothy Yorke (d. 1787), nee Hutton].. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; blind fillet and roll pattern border; blind roll on board edges; gilt fillets on spine.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
King Charles I (1600-1649) John Gauden (1605-1662)