Description:
Milton, John (1608-1674) Eikonoklastes in Answer to a Book Intitl'd Eikon Basilike. London: Printed by Matthew Simmons, next dore to the gilded Lyon in Aldersgate street, 1649. First edition, quarto, title page printed in red and black, bound in reddish brown crushed morocco by Riviere, gilt boards and spines, a.e.g., rebacked, 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Milton's work is an anti-royalist response to the Eikon Basilike and a justification for the execution of King Charles I, which occurred earlier in 1649.
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http://estc.bl.uk/R202156
Estimate $7,000-10,000
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