Shelfmark
Fo.6.27
Main entry--corporate name
England and Wales. Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552.
Title
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..
Publication, distribution, etc.
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]
Physical description
[16], 303, [1] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Note
Drawn up under the direction of Thomas Cranmer as an intended code of canon law, but never enacted.
Note
Edited by John Foxe, whose initials appear on A2r.
Note
Translated from the English manuscript copy by Walter Haddon and Sir John Cheke.
Note
Signatures: A-S⁴ T*⁴ T-Qq⁴
Note
"Hodgkinson pr[inted]. quires A-S, T*; Harper the rest" - STC.
Note
A variant has Laurence Sadler's name in the imprint.
Note
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.
Citation/references note
ESTC, S109040
Citation/references note
STC, 6008
Provenance
17th century inscription at head of title: Liber Coll: Regal: B. Mariae de Etona.
Provenance
Late 20th century red and black booklabel of Eton College Library.
Binding
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.
Subject
Subject
Canon law England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Ecclesiastical law England Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Harper, Thomas, ? - -1656 printer.
Added entry--name
Frere, Daniel, ? - 1649 publisher.
Added entry--name
Foxe, John, 1516 - 1587 editor.
Added entry--name
Cheke, John, 1514 - 1557 Sir, translator.
Added entry--name
Haddon, Walter, 1516 - 1572 translator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat eng
Identifier
B43337