An account of the several impressions, or editions of King Charles the Martyr's most excellent book, intituled, 'Eik=o'n Basilik=e' that were printed without the prayers at the end, and some with the prayers, with a letter transcribed from the original. Written by Mr William Levet, page of the bed-chamber in ordinary to His Majesty King Charles the I. he having observed His Majesty oftentimes writing the said book. Imprimatur. Junii 17. 1693. Guil. Lancaster

People / Organizations

• Samuel Keble (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for Sam. Keble at the Turks-Head, in Fleet-street, 1695

Added name

Levet, William.

Publication year

1695

ESTC No.

R221661

Grub Street ID

95779

Description

[4] p. ; 2°.

Note

Madan - "This is a rare piece by the bookseller, Samuel Keble, ... In order to know the truth about this, Keble searched in bookseller's shops in London and Westminster, in private libraries, and in public ones at Oxford and elsewhere, ... Keble reprints from his Resititution to theRoyal Author (no. 163) the letter of William Levett, dated 29 April 1691."

Caption title

The words "Eik=o'n Basilik=e" in title are in Greek characters

Imprint from colophon

This edition has a Colophon dated 1695 at the foot of page [4]; lacks any pagination; catchword on page 1 is '17 im' and the first page only lists the first 16 of the 28 'first impressions or editions of the King's book'

Identified as Wing K121 on UMI "Early English books, 1641-1700", microfilm reel 2188.