HOOKER, Richard.
The Works of That Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr
Richard Hooker: with an account of his life and death
by Isaac Walton. In two volumes.
WALTON'S WORKS OF RICHARD HOOKER
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1890.
2 vols., 8vo (9" tall). Full calf, with twin green and
red labels. Gilt raised bands, extra gilt tooling to
panels. Boards framed with double gilt rule, ornate
gilt armorial device of King's College, London to
upper board. Marbled edges and endpapers. Armorial
Prize plate to front pastedown. Neat ownership
inscription, dated 1899.
A superb prize binding of the works of Hooker, an
eminent sixteenth century theologian who defined a
distinctive Anglican theology.
£160.00
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