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HOOKER, Richard (1553-1600). Of the Lawes of Ecclesaisticall Politie. Eyght Bookes. London: John Windet, [1593]. 2° (278 x 186mm) Title-page with metalcut printer's device and ornament, one initial, S4 blank. (Lacking S5-S6 (?blank), some marginal worming not affecting text, some light dampstaining.) [Bound with:] Richard HOOKER. Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie. The fift Booke. London: John Windet, 1597. Collation: A8 B-Aa6 (A4v and S4 blanks, without blanks (?) S5, 6, Aa5, 6.) Title-page with metalcut printer's device and ornament. (Some marginal dampstaining, marginal annotations in an 18th-century hand.) Old blindstamped calf (rubbed). Provenance: John Horne (ownership inscription); Ri[chard] Rogers (ownership inscription presentation from Hen[ry] Andrews'). FIRST EDITIONS. STC 13712, 12712.5.
Jeremy TAYLOR (1613-1667). XXV Sermons Preached at Golden-Grove: Being for the Winter half-year, beginning on Advent-Sunday, until Whit-Sunday. London: E. Cotes, 1653. 2° (304 x 194mm). Title ruled in red, errata leaf at end. (Some slight worming affecting a few letters.) Contemporary blindstamped calf (rubbed, foot of spine repaired, head of spine partly detached, small wormhole). Provenance: Nicholas Robinson (ownership inscription dated 1824); Nicholas Robinson (bookplate dated 1842); George Goyder (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wing T-408.
"The monumental work of Richard Hooker was intended as a defence of the Church of England in the reign of Elizabeth I, and more particularly as a defence of Episcopacy and the government of the Church against the objection of the Presbyterians. (PMM 104). Jeremy Taylor wrote his best works at 'Golden Grove', the house of Richard Vaughan, Earl of Carbery, including 'the most famous and popular of all manuals of Christian devotion written in the English language' (PMM 137): The Rule and Exercise of Holy Living, as well as this collection of sermons. (2)
Jeremy TAYLOR (1613-1667). XXV Sermons Preached at Golden-Grove: Being for the Winter half-year, beginning on Advent-Sunday, until Whit-Sunday. London: E. Cotes, 1653. 2° (304 x 194mm). Title ruled in red, errata leaf at end. (Some slight worming affecting a few letters.) Contemporary blindstamped calf (rubbed, foot of spine repaired, head of spine partly detached, small wormhole). Provenance: Nicholas Robinson (ownership inscription dated 1824); Nicholas Robinson (bookplate dated 1842); George Goyder (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wing T-408.
"The monumental work of Richard Hooker was intended as a defence of the Church of England in the reign of Elizabeth I, and more particularly as a defence of Episcopacy and the government of the Church against the objection of the Presbyterians. (PMM 104). Jeremy Taylor wrote his best works at 'Golden Grove', the house of Richard Vaughan, Earl of Carbery, including 'the most famous and popular of all manuals of Christian devotion written in the English language' (PMM 137): The Rule and Exercise of Holy Living, as well as this collection of sermons. (2)