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London, 1705. A Faithful Abridgment of the Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, in Eight Books of Ecclesiastical Polity, together with his other treatises and an account of his life. Printed and sold by Benjamin Bragg at the Blue Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane. A fascinating early-18th-century volume by one of the foundational theologians of the Church of England. Features a striking red-and-black title page, early full-calf binding with raised spine bands and blind-tooled boards, Hooker’s Ecclesiastical Polity, biography, sermons and additional writings. Antiquarian condition with considerable rubbing and wear to the leather, loss at head of spine, staining/toning and period manuscript notation. Text remains remarkably readable for a book over 320 years old. Please review photographs carefully for condition.