Author: Sanderson,Robert (1587-1663)
Title: EPISCOPACY (As Established by Law in England) Not Prejudicial to REGAL POWER. Written in the time of the Long Parliament by the special Command of the late KING [Charles I], By the Right Reverend Father in God, Robert Sanderson, Late Lord Bishop of Lincoln. The Third Edition.
Description: London, Blanch Pawlet, and Sold by George West Bookseller in Oxford 3rd Edition 1683 Frontis portrait by W.[enceslas] Hollar 1668 with emblems of mortality (skull) & enlightenment. . Small octavo later morocco with gilt title (tips & hinges rubbed) Frontis + Titlepage +[5]pp Dedication (1641) + [7]pp King's Proclamation (1637) in black letter & Judge's Certificate +103pp +[6]pp publisher's catalogue. Birmingham Law Society bookplate on pastedownn & stamp of same on back of title & lower margin of book list. *Clean nice copy of this study of legal jurisdiction between the King and the Church, written in 1641 but book first published 1661 after Restoration of Monarchy (WING S602).

Keywords: Divine King Charles bishops episcopacy Church England


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