Details
EIKON BASILIKE. The pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie in his solitudes and sufferings. [London], 1648. 8vo, contemporary morocco, covers with double gilt-ruled border with small tool ornament in the corners, g.e.; lacks frontispiece, light wear to title, some light browning, endpapers and blanks with several ink notations in old and various hands. FIRST EDITION, second issue. Wing E268.
Provenance
Elizabeth Cope, signature on title (dated later in other hand "1648 Jan. 30"); Anne Marsh, 1762 signature; James Ward, 1796, signature; A note signed JW stating that this copy "is supposed to have belonged to the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Charles the 1st King of England, who died in Carisbrook Castle, while the King was there, and then to have passed into the possession of one of Dr. Ward's Ancestors who was in Attedendance on the King at Carisbrook. Derived from Dr. Ward and written by his Son James Ward in 1847"; Isabella Francis, signature; John C. Williams, bookplate; E. Almack, bookplate.