The works of that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, . in eight books of the laws of ecclesiastical polity, compleated out of his own manuscripts. Dedidcated to... Charles II. ... To which are added, several other treatises by the same author. All revised and corrected... There is also prefix'd before the book, the life of the author, sometime written by Isaac Walton.
Richard Hooker (1553/4-1600)
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3042309
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10], 30, 23-286, 289-392, 351-553, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; fol. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "Charles Agar No 4 Kings Bench Walks Inner Temple" [i.e. Charles Bagenal-Agar (1769-1811)]. Manuscript inscription on title page: "A C Schomberg Magd. Coll. Oxon." [probably the Rev. Alexander Crowcher Schomberg (d. 1792), of Yarmouth, demy Magdalen College Oxford 1776-82, BA 1779, MA 1781, fellow 1782-92, senior dean of arts 1791 -- cf. Alumni Oxonienses]. Some marginal annotations and marks. Binding: eighteenth-century blind-panelled calf; gilt roll pattern on board edges. Rebacked. Gilt title and place/date on spine. Red stained edges.
Makers and roles
Richard Hooker (1553/4-1600) John Gauden (1605-1662) Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)