Constitutions Canons Ecclesiastical Treated Bishop (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback, half-calf, marbled boards, later spine with gilt titles. 21cm x 16.5cm. 69pp, [8]. Binding is a little rubbed. Rugby School Library label and bookplate to front pastedown. No title page or prelims. Page 1/2 laid down and repaired. Page 67/68 torn with loss but repaired. Tipped in letter, with previous owner's details in same hand written to front blank. Some occasional foxing. Scarce. (an3).

[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. Size: Quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Printed for Samuel Mearne, Stationer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, and Robert Pawlet, 1678. First Edition Thus. Full, likely contemporary vellum binding, rubbed worn and stained, complete internally, worming to the end papers and title, through to page 3, rubbed or 'nibbled' to the top of the boards and page edges, with no loss of text. There seem to be 2 copies at the British Library this copy is ESTC No.: R384, with three final contents leaves; the last leaf is blank as called for. Pagination: [6], 64, [10]pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 8 inches (20.3cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition worn, darkened and stained vellum, no titles, sound. Joints good condition sound. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition stained and marked, bowed. Page edges good condition top edge worn or 'nibbled', tanned and darkened. Binding good condition worn and bowed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain paper, tanned and stained. End papers good condition plain paper, wormed, tanned and foxed. Title good condition tanned, wormed. Pages good condition tanned with some minor foxing, wormed to the first few pages. See photos.

Rare 17th century printing of the Ecclesiastical Constitutions of the Province of Canterbury. Quarto, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, engraved armorial frontispiece. In very good condition. Rare. First issued in January 1164 by King Henry II, the Constitutions of Clarendon defined churchâ"state relations in England. Designed to restrict ecclesiastical privileges and curb the power of the church courts, the constitutions provoked the famous quarrel between Henry and his archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. When the King presented the constitutions at Clarendon in January, the bishops, led by Becket, reluctantly promised to observe them. Within a year, however, he repudiated his oath and was forced into six years of exile by Henry. Becketâs martyrdom in 1170 forced Henry to moderate his attack on the clergy, but he did not specifically repudiate a single clause of the constitutions. By the 13th century, âcriminous clerksâ were tried in secular courts for their second offense. First offenders enjoyed âbenefit of clergy.â.