Reference code
DWL/RB/iv.131
Level of description
item
Title
Baxter on Government and the Constitution
Date
1666-1699
Extent and Medium
Extent:ff 443-444 (f 444v is blank); 288 x 196 mm.
Creator
Scope and content
Baxter’s positions concerning government (20 in number) and the obligations of the Constitution, with the disavowal of contrary principles. In Baxter’s hand. Written soon after the publication of J. Gauden’s edition of Richard Hooker’s, 1666.
Finding aids
Argent / Black iv.131; Thomas p.12
Publication note
- Gauden’s edition of Hooker’s 'Of the lawes of ecclesiasticall politie' was first published in 1662. It included a life of Hooker by Gauden. It was re-published in 1666 but with a life of Hooker by Izaak Walton, replacing Gauden’s.
- For Richard Hooker (1554–1600) see Corr 857, 912, 925, 1077, 1106 and ODNB.
- For John Gauden (1599/1600?–1662), see Corr 602,644 674, 698, 1077 and ODNB.
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