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EIKONOKLASTĒS IN ANSWER TO A BOOK INTITUL'D EIKON BASILIKĒ
by Milton, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: [s.n.], 1690. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, [16], 207, [1] pages. In Very Good condition. Bound by Jon Robbins in full diced calf. Spine lightly tanned, very minor shelf wear. Archival repairs to first and last blank leaves. Text block age-toned and foxed. Scattered pencil marginalia. Light damp staining to upper margin through p. 74.
The first leaf is blank. This copy is an example of the variant containing a separate unsigned leaf bound preceding the title page (A2) or following the final leaf (O8); in this copy it precedes the title page. This leaf contains "An advertisement" and a "Memorandum" by the earl of Anglesey supporting the claim that John Gauden, and not Charles I, was the author of the "Eikōn". It is not included in the above pagination statement.
JR Consignment. Shelved Room G. ESTC R13974; Wing M2115; Madan, F.F. New bibl. of the Eikon basilike, 162; Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, 19; Shawcross, J. Milton, 350.
A reply to Gauden, John. Eikōn basilikē. Authorship of the Eik⁻on basilik⁻e was originally attributed to Charles I, but according to Madan (pp. 126-33) it was written by John Gauden who probably included some authentic writings of the king. 1345626. Special Collections.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1345626
- Title
- EIKONOKLASTĒS IN ANSWER TO A BOOK INTITUL'D EIKON BASILIKĒ
- Author
- Milton, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1690
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Marginalia
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Shelf Wear
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- New
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Leaves
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- Title Page
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