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Of the lawes of ecclesiastical politie : eight bookes / by Richard Hooker.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 1554-1600.
- Standardized Title:
- Ecclesiastical polity. Book 1-5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of England.
- Ecclesiastical law--Early works to 1800.
- Ecclesiastical law.
- Church polity--Early works to 1800.
- Church polity.
- Church of England--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.
- Sermons, English--17th century.
- Sermons, English.
- Physical Description:
- 60 unnumbered pages, 453 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 453-583 pages, 17 unnumbered pages ; 29 cm (folio)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by Richard Bishop and are to be sold by George Lathum, [1639]
- Notes:
- The first 5 books only; the 5th book has special t.p. dated 1639.
- "Editor's note 'To the reader' signed: I.S., i.e. John Spenser."--ESTC.
- Signatures: A-3H⁶ 3I⁸.
- The first leaf is blank; leaf A3 signed A2.
- Engraved t.p.
- Book 5 has special t.p. dated 1639. Variant: this t.p. dated 1638. "Certain divine tractates, and other godly sermons" has special t.p. dated 1639. It includes a reprint of "A supplication made to the Privy Counsel" by Walter Travers. Within this section, "The ansvver of Mr. Richard Hooker, to a supplication, preferred by Mr. Walter Travers, to the Honourable Lords of the Privie Councell", "A learned discourse of iustification, vvorks, and how the foundation of faith is overthrowne", "Five learned sermons", and "Tvvo sermons upon part of S. Judes Epistle" each has special dated t.p. Signatures are continuous. Cf. ESTC.
- Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces.
- Printed marginalia.
- Identified as STC 13719, reel 2007, of the UMI microfilm set "Early English books 1475-1640".
- Includes indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy: book 5 has special t.p. (leaf 2V6r) dated 1639; leaf "A2"r (actually A3r) catchword is "devourers"; leaf K3r last line begins "in them"; leaf 3I1r column 1 line 2 ends "a Law" and catchword is "saries".
- Penn Libraries copy imperfect: first leaf (blank) wanting.
- Penn Libraries copy has a few ms. marginal marks, corrections to text and underlining in ink or pencil.
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 13720
- ESTC S119110
- Contains:
- Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 1554-1600. Certayne divine tractates and other godly sermons.
- OCLC:
- 5819067
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