Concilia, decreta, leges, constitutiones, in re ecclesiarum orbis Britannici : Viz. Pambritannica, Pananglica, Scotica, Hibernica, Cambrica, Mannica, provincialia, dioecesana. Ab initio Christianæ ibidem religionis, ad nostram usque aetatem. Uti reperiuntur in eorundem actis, canonibus ecclesiasticis, regnorum constitutionibus, senatus consultis, principum rescriptis, libris impressis, & antiquè Mss. in regum etiam priscorum diplomatibus, chartis, schedis, & monumentis veteribus, studiosè congesta / Opera & scrutinio Henrici Spelman, Eq. Aur. Tribus distincta tomis: quorum, primus hic tomus ea continet, quae à primis Christi seculis, usque ad introitum Normannorum (id est, an. Dom. 1066.) habita sunt & celebrata - Complete in 2 volumes
1639, 1st edition. Londini [London] : Excudebat Richardus Badger, Serenissimi Principis Walliae typographus. Impensis Ph. Stephani, & Ch. Meredith, sub Aureo Leone in Cœmeterio Paulino M.DC.XXXIX. [1639]. Provenance; bookplate of St. John's Jesuit Seminary. Bound in later (mid Twntieth-Century fine-ribbed cloth over contrasting cloth boards, paper labels. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #284138
Physical description; [28], 29, [3], 31-637, [25] p. : ill. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Notes; Edited by Jeremiah Stephens. Variant: the imprint begins "Typis R. Badger ...". Etched and woodcut illustrations within the text; woodcut head-pieces and historiated initials. The errata appear either on the verso of (*)4 (recto blank) or on the verso of Fff6. Copies of the latter are probably intended to have (*) 4 canceled. Volume 2 did not appear until 1664. Printed marginalia. Signatures: [section] (*) [paragraph] A a B C-Fff Ggg-Iii . With an index on the last 12 leaves. Notes; "Ab initio Christianae ibiden religionis, ad nostram usque aetatem. Uti reperiuntur in eorundem actis, canonibus ecclesiasticis, regnorum constitutionibus, senatus consultis, principium rescriptis, libris impressis, & antiquè mss. in regum etiam priscorum diplomatibus, chartis, schedis, & monumentis veteribus, studiosè congesta.". Subjects; Councils and synods Great Britain - Early works to 1800. Ecclesiastical law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800. Councils and synods - Early works to 1800 - Great Britain. Ecclesiastical law - Early works to 1800 - Great Britain. Related item; Referenced by: STC : 23066. Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 23066. Universal short title catalogue 3020552. Language; Latin. English, Old (ca. 450-1100).
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