INTERLEAVED, AND PICKED UP AT WATERLOO
Constitutions and canons Ecclesiastical: Treated upon by the Bishop of london, President of the Convocation for the Province of Canterbury, and the rest of the Bishops and Clergy of the said province. And agreed upon with the Kings Majesties license in their Synod begun at london, Anno Dom. 1603...
London.
Printed for A. Crook, S. Mearn, and R. Pawlett, 1673.
Quarto.
[6], 106pp, [8]. Interleaved throughout; the leaves block engraved with numbered lines. Later half-calf, drab paper boards, recently rebacked and recornered. Rubbed and marked, paper label to upper board with manuscript note: 'Picked up by C. P. Burnsey on the Field of Waterloo 14 days after the B'. Slight loss to lower corner of leaf G2, occasional manuscript annotations, in a single legible hand, concerning the history of the text, including the injunctions of Bonmer, Henry VIII, and Cromwell.
A work of fundamental importance for the establishment of the Church of England; the Book of Canons represents the principal body of canonical legislation made by the Church since the Reformation. Among the many subjects with which they deal are the conduct of Divine Service and administration of the Sacraments, the duties of clerics, the furniture and care of churches, and the ecclesiastical courts.
ESTC R40354, Wing C4099.
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref: 27690
