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Baker’s chronicle.
fol. 1060. A.C.-1625.
1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 94, Baker’s Chronicle, 1060, A.C.-1625, fol.
BAKER,
Sir Richard.
A chronicle of the kings of England, from the time of the Romans government unto the reign of King Charles. Containing all
passages of state and church, with all other observations proper for a chronicle . . . The
second edition, enlarged with divers additions, marginall notes, and the names of the severall mayors and sheriffes of London, added
at the end of every king and queens reign. With an alphabeticall table containing the chief matters in this book.
London: Printed by
J. Flesher and
E. Cotes: and are sold by
L. Sadler and by
T. Williams,
1653.
Folio. 336 leaves, engraved title-page in compartments by Marshall. No copy was examined for collation.
Lowndes I, page 101.
STC B503.
Two issues were printed in this year, it is not known which was in Jefferson’s library.
Sir Richard Baker, 1568-1645, first published his Chronicle in 1643. It was frequently reprinted and also appeared in a number of abridged,
continued, and otherwise edited editions.
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Osborn’s narrative of Charles I’s imprisonment in I. of Wight.
p. 4
to.
pamph.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 30, Osborn’s Narrative of Charles First’s imprisonment in the I. of Wight, a pamphlet, p 4to.
OSBORNE,
Richard.
Narrative of Charles First’s Imprisonment in the Isle of Wight.
London,
1662.
4to. No copy of this work was located for collation. It is not listed in the bibliographies nor entered in the Stationers’
Register.
Richard Osborne, fl. 1648, was an attendant on the King in Carisbroke Castle, Isle of Wight, and was implicated in a plot to free His Majesty
in 1648, for which he suffered imprisonment.
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Eikων basilike.
p. 8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 2, as above.
CHARLES I,
King of Great Britain.
E
(̉’ι
)κ
(`ω
)ν Βασιλικ
(`η
). The Pourtraicture of his sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings . . .
Reprinted in R. M. An. Dom.
1648.
8vo.
Jefferson’s entry, followed by that of the Library of Congress as above, calls for an edition in 8vo. The entry in the later
Library catalogues reads: Eikòn Basiliké, 12mo.
Almack has 2 editions
Reprinted in R. M. [i.e. in Regis Memoriam] no. 22 in 8vo., and no. 8 in 12mo.
The authorship of the Eikòn Basiliké has been attributed to Charles I, 1600-1649, and to John Gauden, 1605-1662, bishop of
Worcester. For a full discussion of the subject, see Almack,
A Bibliography of the King’s Book or Eikon Basilike.
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