Of the lawes of ecclesistical politie . eight bookes by Richard Hooker.
Richard Hooker (1553/4-1600)
Category
Books
Date
1617 - 1618
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3061275
Summary
Bibliographic description
[lxvi], 453p. . fol... Incomplete: only 58p. of preliminaries (only obviously missing one [blank?] leaf from first gathering; does not match current NT record in terms of pagination: actual pagination: [58], 453, [1]p.), and without the Tractates, so possibly an earlier issue as conjectured in STC. Head-piece on leaf A2 with angel. "p" on front pastedown in manuscript "Eight bookes" in title corrected in ink to "five...". Provenance: Initials "I S" stamped in gold on both boards. Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf binding; gold-tooled centrepiece, corner-pieces, fleurons, and fillets, with initials "I S"; spine sewn onto six raised bands; with gold stamps, and red spine label: "Hooker's lawes"; holes for ties.
Makers and roles
Richard Hooker (1553/4-1600)