Basilikon Doron
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The Basilikon Doron is a treatise on government written by King James VI of Scotland, in 1599.
Title page of the Basilikon Doron
Eikon Basilike
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The Eikon Basilike, The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, is a purported spiritual autobiography attributed to King Charles I of England. It was published on 9 Febr
Basilikon Doron
…at the king's behest. Henry Taylor said that he had printed it on Waldegrave's press. Richard Royston and then William Dugard printed further copies. Eikon Basilike Daemonologie…
Title page of Eikon Basilike.
The famous triple portrait of Charles I by Van Dyck. Bernini, seeing this picture, called it "the portrait of a doomed man".
The Eikon Basilike's frontispiece by William Marshall, with explanations.
Eikon Basilike frontispiece