Fo.6.09
Ecclesiastical tracts formerly published: viz. I. The validity of the orders of the Church of England. II. The justice of the present establish'd law, which gives the successor in any ecclesiastical benefice all the profits from the day of avoidance. III. An award of King Charles the First, &c. shewing that personal tithes are still due by the law of the land, and that there is a necessity of restoring, or settling something else in lieu of them, for the maintenance of the clergy in the cities and larger towns of this kingdom. By Humphrey Prideaux, D.D. Dean of Norwich..
The second edition, corrected..
London: : Printed for R. Knaplock at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church-yard, and J. Tonson at Shakespear's Head over against Katharine-street in the Strand., MDCCXVI. [1716]
[8], 400 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Signatures: A-2B⁸ 2C⁴.
"The validity of the orders ...", and "A sermon preach'd in the Cathedral-Church ..." each with own dated title page, beginning on A2 and 2B3.
Head- and tail-pieces and initials.
Title within double ruled border.
ESTC, T104671
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
18th century; inboard binding; sewn; paper boards; tight spine with five raised bands; full cover of tanned calf with Cambridge-style blind-tooled and sprinkled panels; endbands; endleaves; cut edges sprinkled in red and green; traces of spine label.
Previously Di.6.11.
Tonson, Jacob, 1656? - 1736 bookseller.
Knaplock, Robert, ? - -1737 bookseller.
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
England London.
B43317