Είκονοκλάστης, in answer To a Book Intitul’d Είκὼν Βασιλική, The Portracture of his Sacred Majesty King Charles the First in his Solitudes and Sufferings. By John Milton

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8vo. ff. [3] (blank), pp. [xiv], 207, [1], ff. [2] (blank). Contemporary speckled calf. Gilt tooled spine, with red spine label lettered ‘milton/agst. k.c’, and the 19th-century manuscript Minto book label on inner pastedown. Third edition, first issue, before the addition of the pasted-in single leaf bearing the ‘Anglesey Memorandum’: see F. Madan, A new bibliography of the Eikon Basilike of King Charles the first, with a note on the authorship. London, 1950, 162. The ‘Eikon Basilikè’ was originally attributed to Charles I but was probably written by John Gauden based on a core of material which the king had himself composed. Up until today, the discussion about the authorship of the work has not been settled. See also J.T. Shawcross, Milton: A Bibliography for the Years 1624-1700. Binghamton, 1984, no. 350; 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 (2nd ed.), M2115. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.