Of the lawes of ecclesiastical politie
Subtitle: eight books
By: by Richard Hooker
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 1383
Publisher: Printed by William Stansbye, and are to be sold by George Lathum
Published: 1631
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 644
Subjects: Ecclesiastical law; Early works to 1800; Church polity; English Sermons
Work titles: Ecclesiastical polity. Book 1-5
Notes: Signatures: [A]⁴ ([A]1 engraved) B-R⁶ S⁸ V-Hhh⁶ Iii⁸.

Nos. 181-220 and 453-456 repeated in paging.

Title page engraved, with architectural border; subsequent sections, including book 5 of the Ecclesiastical polity, have special t.p.'s with ornamental woodcut border (McK. & F. 224).

"To the reader" signed: I.S. [i.e. John Spenser]

Books 1-5 only were published in this edition; Books 6 and 8 first appeared in 1648; and the complete work in 1662.

STC (2nd ed.) 13718
Table of contents: title: Of the lawes of ecclesiastical politie. Bks. 1-5; title: Certayne divine tractates and other godly sermons. 1632; title: A learned discovrse of justification, workes, and how the foundation of faith is ouerthrowne. 1631; title: Five learned sermons. 1631; title: Tvvo sermons vpon part of S. Ivdes Epistle.