At end (p. 1-10): Praiers, used by His Majestie in the time of his Sufferings. Delivered ...
At end (second p. 7-10): His Majestie's Reasons against the pretended Jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice, which he intended to deliver in writing on Mundaie Jan. 22, 1648.
Folded frontispiece: Portrait of Charles I kneeling, designed and engraved by William Marshall: "The Explanation of the Emblems," below signed G.D. This plate is added and varies in different copies.
A Charles I memorial edition issued immediately after his execution; copies were especially bound and presented by his son Charles II to friends during his exile at the Hague.
24th ed., second issue (Madan no. 24; second issue) with title printed in black throughout and with 30 small type ornaments across top of reset border.
Frontispiece designed and engr. by William Marshall, Madan Frontispiece's no. 3 with Explanation I.
For description and collation see Madan no. 24, first issue (p. 35).
Attributed to Charles I, also to John Gauden.
Error: p. 167 for 197.
Charles II's autograph presentation copy with inscription on verso of the t.p.: "A mon Cousin Le Comte de la Gardie. Charles R. A La Haye ce 10[superscript]me de May 1649." Jacques, comte de La Gardie (1583-1652) son of Pontus de La Gardie, baron d'Eckholm, was a Swedish general and one of the guardians of Queen Christina who was very friendly towards the exiled Charles II.
Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings