1648 antique book Eikon Basilike & Rare 1648 Pamphlet His Majesties Declaration

Description: Rare antique book and pamphlet both from 1648 by King Charles I of England.Eikon Basilike or the King's book. spiritual autobiographyThe Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings. written by King Charles or John Gauden Bishop of Worcester( 1605-1662) or a combination of the two. dated 1648. published in 1649 ? after the King was beheaded by Parliament in the aftermath of the English Civil War. book condition and contents.- Eikon Basilike. Inside front cover is engraving by Cosmo Armstrong of Portrait of Charles 1st King of England from a painting by Vandyke.this is fastened to the front board and looks like it is over another piece of paper. I did not want to try to remove. Front cover is detached. there is no title page or contents pages. first page as shown in my photos is numbered 3 at top and B2 at the bottom. " All Jealoufies being laid aside, My own and My Childrens ............." pages are then complete, split in sections between page 98-99, page 98 is mistakenly numbered 68 ( printer put the 9 upside down) page 162 also miss-numbered as 192. pg 194 numbered 264. Includes a small engraving of the King with his children and guards. between pages 224-225. pg 225 has a small hole in bottom margin. pages 316-317 miss- numbered as 314-315. maybe other miss-numbered pages. last numbered page is 318 with some interesting handwritten notation. I can't quite make it all out but is says something like -" The last words he spoke on scaffold were to ? Jones ( grandfather to my wife's mother ?? Gwennap ?? of Falmouth ? after he had put on his cap ? and ?? he turned to him and said now Jones I see that God is just with all men. A handkerchief dip'd in his blood was kept long as a sacred relick in the family " then is is signed Lest ? Test ? H Gifford ?? or something like that. opposite this last page is what I think is half of the original frontispiece engraving by William Marshall ( 1617-1649)On the back of this page is a small engraving bust of Charles The First. -Then included fastened to the blank page(detached from book) in back is an even more interesting and Rare Pamphlet also published in 1648 by the KingHis Majesties Declaration concerning The Treaty : and His dislike of the Armies Proceedings. Delivered by His Majesty to one of His Servants at His departure from the Isle of Wight: and commanded to be published for the satisfaction of His Subjects. This is an eight page pamphlet. complete .Pamphlet written towards the end of the King's imprisonment on the Isle of Wight. possible given to William Levett, esq, to publish longtime courtier and groom of the bedchamber to the King. Later editions of the Eikon Basilike contained a sworn statement by Levett that he had witnessed Charles writing the text of Eikon Basilike during the time he accompanied him during his imprisonment on the Isle of Wight. A witness to the King's execution, Levett later helped transport the King's body back to Windsor Castle for burial. Last blank page of Book has small engraving Crest of the King. rear cover has an old newspaper clipping from the Evening Post ( not dated) discussing the authorship of the book. Contents/chapters of The Eikon Basilike include: 1 Upon His Majesties calling this last Parliament. missing page 1/22 Upon the Earle of Straffords death3 Upon His Majesties going to the House of Commons4 Upon the insolency of the tumults5 Upon His Majesties passing the bill for the Trienniall Parliaments6 Upon His Majesties retirement from Westminster7 Upon the Queens departure, and absence out of England8 Upon His Majesties repulse at Hull, and the fates of the Hothams9 Upon the lifting, and raising armies against the King10 Upon their seizing the Kings Magazines, Forts, Navy, and Militia 11 Upon the 19 propositions first sent to the King; and more afterwards12 upon the Rebellion, & troubles in Ireland13 Upon the calling in of the Scots, and their comming14 Upon the Covenant15 Upon the many Iealousies raised , and scandals cast upon the King, to stirre up the people against Him16 upon the Ordinance against the Common Prayer Booke17 Of the differences between the King and the two houses in point of Church Government18 Upon Uxbridge Treaty and other offers made by the King19 Upon the various events of the Warre; Victories, and Defeats20 Upon the Reformations of the Times21 Upon His Majesties Letters taken and divulged22 Upon His Majesties leaving Oxford , and going to the Scots23 Upon the Scots delivering the King to the English, and his Captivity at Holmeby.24 Upon their denying His Majesty the attendance of his Chaplaines.25 Penetentiall Meditations and Vowes in the Kings solitude at Holmby26 Upon the Armies surpisall of the King at Holmeby, and the ensuing distractions in the two houses, the army, and in the city27 To the Prince of Wales.28. Meditations upon death after the votes of non-addresses, and His Majesties closer imprisonment in Carisbrooke Castle . pages of book overall in good condition with various amounts of yellowing/age toning. some spots/stains , edge wear, a few small edge tears, folded/bumped corners. pages in two sections, worn leather covers are detached. cute little Book measures 4 5/8" by 2 1/2" Some history-from wikipedia:- Whoever wrote the Eikon Basilike, its author was an effective prose stylist, one who had partaken deeply of the solemn yet simple eloquence of Anglican piety as expressed in Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer. The end result is an image of steadfast monarch who, while admitting his weaknesses, declares the truth of his religious principles and the purity of his political motives, while trusting God despite adversity. Charles's chief weakness, it says, was in yielding to Parliament's demands for the head of the Earl of Strafford, for this sin, Charles paid with his throne and his life. Its portrait of Charles as a martyr invited comparison of the King to Jesus. The Pathos of this dramatic presentation made it a master stroke of Royalist propaganda . The book was extremely popular despite official disapproval during the Protectorate and the Restoration; it went into 36 editions in 1649 alone. In 1657 it even appeared in musical form, with a verse rendering by Thomas Stanley and music by John Wilson. The musical setting blended the austere style of the metrical psalter, favoured by the Puritans,with fashionable ( and Catholic) instrumental accompaniment provided by the organ, theorbo or another such continuo instrument. Because of the favourable impression the book made of the King, Parliament commissioned John Milton to write a riposte to it, which he published under the title Eikonoklastes( The Icon Breaker) in 1649. Milton's response sought to portray the image of Charles, and the absolute monarchy he aspired to , as idols, claiming a reverence due only to God, and therefore justly overthrown to preserve the law of God. King Charles venerated by the Church of England.The Eikon Basilike and its portrait of Charles's execution as a martyfrom were so successful that, at the Restoration, a special commemoration of the King on 30 January was added to the Book of Common Prayer, directing that the day be observed as an occasion for fasting and repentance. On 19 May 1660. the Convocation of Cantebury and York canonised King Charles at the urging of Charles II, and added his name to the prayer book. Charles I is the only saint formally canonised by The Church of England. The commemoration was removed from the prayer book by Queen Victoria in 1859. books of Christian biography/English Civil War/History of Christianity in the United Kingdom/memoirs of imprisonment/political autobiographies/Charles I of England/books written by royalty/books published posthumously please look at the photographsloc. built in first.., ,yes

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