Fo.6.27
England and Wales. Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552.
Reformatio legum ecclesiasticarum, ex authoritate primum Regis Henrici 8. inchoata: deinde per Regem Edouardum 6. provecta, adauctáque in hunc modum, atq[ue] nunc ad pleniorem ipsarum reformationem in lucem edita..
Londini, : Typis T[homas]. H[arper]. & R[ichard]. H[odgkinson]. impensis Danielis Frere habitantis in parva Britannia, ad insigne Tauri Rubri., An. Dom. M. DC XL. [1640]
[16], 303, [1] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Drawn up under the direction of Thomas Cranmer as an intended code of canon law, but never enacted.
Edited by John Foxe, whose initials appear on A2r.
Translated from the English manuscript copy by Walter Haddon and Sir John Cheke.
Signatures: A-S⁴ T*⁴ T-Qq⁴
"Hodgkinson pr[inted]. quires A-S, T*; Harper the rest" - STC.
A variant has Laurence Sadler's name in the imprint.
The title page is set within a double-rule border, the text within a single-rule border. Woodcut ornament on the title page, head- and tail-pieces and initials.
ESTC, S109040
STC, 6008
17th century inscription at head of title: Liber Coll: Regal: B. Mariae de Etona.
Late 20th century red and black booklabel of Eton College Library.
17th century; inboard binding; sewn on four alum-tawed sewing supports; paper boards; tight spine with four raised bands; full cover of sprinkled tanned calf with border of triple blind fillets; endbands; endleaves without pastedowns; cut edges stained red ; no spine label.
Canon law England Early works to 1800.
Ecclesiastical law England Early works to 1800.
Harper, Thomas, ? - -1656 printer.
Frere, Daniel, ? - 1649 publisher.
Foxe, John, 1516 - 1587 editor.
Cheke, John, 1514 - 1557 Sir, translator.
Haddon, Walter, 1516 - 1572 translator.
England London.
lat eng
B43337