I.M. = John Milton

A reply to Gauden, John. Eikon basilike. Authorship of the Eiḱon basiliḱe 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

"Burned by proclamation, Aug. 13, 1660, and by order of the convocation of University of Oxford, in July 1683"--McAlpin Collection Catalogue

The first, eighth and ninth words of the title are transliterated from Greek characters

The first leaf is blank

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996)

Pforzheimer

Shawcross, J. Milton

Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library

Thomason

Madan, F.F. New bibl. of the Eikon basilike

ESTC

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early calfskin double-panelled in blind and gilt. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt with no label present. The name "W.H. Bliss" -- here conjectured to be the autograph of William Henry Bliss, 1835-1911 -- is inscribed on the front pastedown. The word "Halwey's[?]" is inscribed at the head of the title page. The perforation stamp of the Library is present on the title page

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