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Eikon basilike

primary Charles I, King of England, Ireland and Scotland (British, 1600 - 1649,)

author John Gauden (Mayland, Essex, 1605 - 1662)

Date1649

Place MadeLondon, Greater London, England, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number3.T.2

eMuseum ID724785

EmbARK ObjectID18347

TMS Source ID6322

Last Updated8/9/24

Description1 vol., ([8], 263 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded)) : paper ; ill. ; 20 cm.

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 62.

MarksNotesInscribed (binding, side): "E L"
Enclosed: (recto) dealer catalogue page 34, lot description for "Charles I (1600-1649) Eikon Basilke"; (verso) listing for "Ata la, ou Les Amours de deux sauvages dans le desert par Francois-Auguste Chateaubriand, A Paris 1801"
Enclosed :autograph letter by Charles I, king of England, Scotland and Ireland (1600-1649)

ProvenanceNotesCollection of the author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from auctioneers and appraiseres Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $14 on 16 April 1890, lot 588.