[Eikon Basilike]. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings. [With Four Prayers]. A Reprint of the Edition of 1648, and a Facsimile of the original Frontispiece, with an Introduction throwing fresh light upon the Authorship of the Work. 'FRESH LIGHT ON SOURCES' de (CHARLES I). SCOTT - 1880

Elliot Stock,, 1880. 8vo., First Edition thus, with folding facsimile on japon and a facsimile title-page, endpapers browned; vellum, boards ruled in red, backstrip lettered in black, red edges, covers mildly dust-soiled else a remarkably bright, clean copy. This is the last edition recorded by Almack. The three-quarter folding plate, with Explanation at foot, was reproduced especially for this edition. Scott's text is taken from Stewart's 1879 issue [Almack, 72]. This is an edition doubly remarkable for its contributions to the authorial debate, for in addition to Scott's notable Preface it contains the slip announcing Marsh's discovery (22 March) of the holograph Second Prayer. '[In the Preface itself], written in answer to Richard Garnett, Scott accepts all Wordsworth's conclusions in favour of the King. He publishes, from the Nicholas Papers in the BL, correspondence relating to the French edition of de Marsyr [Almack, 56] and notes by the King in a copy of Bacon's 'Advancement of Learning', 1640, also in the BL...' Madan. SUCH IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ESSAY THAT ALMACK REPRINTS IT IN FULL IN HIS BIBLIOGRAPHY (pp.123-142) - IT IS THE SOLE ITEM OF SCHOLARSHIP TO BE THUS INCLUDED. The arguments of Scott and Phillimore were criticised in the Atheneum, nos., 2744 and 2746, May-June 1880. Almack, 76; Madan, 79.