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The works of that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker : in eight books of Ecclesiastical polity, compleated out of his own manuscripts : with several other treatises by the same author, and an account of his life and death

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Type of record: Book

Title: The works of that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker : in eight books of Ecclesiastical polity, compleated out of his own manuscripts : with several other treatises by the same author, and an account of his life and death

Other titles: Of the lawes of ecclesiastical politie

Level: Item

Classmark: Large Holden Library J-2/HOO

Creator(s): Hooker, Richard (1600)

Additional creator(s): Gauden, John Bishop of Worcester (1605-1662) (Other); Walton, Izaak (1593-1683) (Other)

Related people: Gauden, John; Walton, Izaak

Publisher: Printed by R. White, for Rob. Scot, Tho. Basset, John Wright and Rich. Chiswel, and are to be sold by Robert Boulter

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1676

Language: English

Size and medium: [8], 2, 553 (i.e. 591), [1] p. (last page blank), [2] leaves of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/204554

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010268519705181

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Added engraved t.p. reads: Of the lawes of ecclesiastical politie, eight bookes.


Dedication by the editor, John Gauden, is signed: Joh. Exon. The account of Hooker's life is by Izaak Walton. Cf. DNB, v. 9, p. 1186.


Errors in pagination include omission of page numbers 287-288 and repetition of numbers 331-371.


With added engraved frontispiece portrait of author.


Includes bibliographical references.


Indexed in: Wing H2632.

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