Printed at Oxford: by Jospeh Barnes and are to be solde in Paules Church-yarde at the signe of the Bible. 1599. Second edition.
Collates [10],660,[2],661-683,[3],685-706p lacks initial and final two (?) blanks. Separate title pages for A sermon preached at the funeralles of the Most Reverend Father John &c and A Sermon preached in Yorke &c both dated 1599 but continuous pagination. Some old water stains and marks in the margins, especially towards the early pages. Recently rebound in full, new tan divinity calf with raised bands and lettered label. New endpapers.
This is the second of five editions of King s well-known Lectures all published prior to 1618 and only 2 editions in C16th. There was a later reprint in the Nichols series of Puritan imprints. King was a royal chaplain, both under Queen Elizabeth and James I, who styled him the “King of preachers”.
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