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. Dedicated to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 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 b
by Hooker, Richard
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R.C. et al. Used - Very Good. . Hardcover. London, 1705. Printed for R.C. S.S. B.W. [et al.] Folio, full leather, 553 pp. 2 engraved frontispieces. Title page in red and black. Rebound, with new spine (in seven compartments, with raised bands and contrasting title label. Most of the front and rear panels of an earlier binding incorporated into the rebind. Edges of text block speckled red. Internally, a nice, clean copy, with wide margins. As in other copies, there are errors in pagination, but the text is continuous. Very Good. (Subject: Early Printing).
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- 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. Dedicated to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 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 b
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- Hooker, Richard
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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- R.C. et al
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