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The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as the are to be Sung or Said in Churches. BOUND WITH two additional items: A Companion to the Alter: Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, printed for Edmund Parker ...1725 AND The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, And Others Conferred with the Hebrew, London, Printed by Stephen Gilbert , for the Company of Stationers, 1716
by Church Of England
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
University of Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty., 1716. Hardcover. 8vo, no pagination, engraved portrait of King George (by J Stuart) and printer's title page facing, also with an engraved title page stating thus: "The Liturgy of the Church of England Adorned with Fifty five New Historical Cuts. London, Sold by John Sturt in Golden Lion Court in Aldersgate Street, And J. Nutt in ye Savoy." with 52 engravings of the stated 55, and with an additional engraved portrait of King David at the beginning of "The Psalter or Psalms of David". D6 is defective on fore edge affecting text, D8 torn on fore edge margin just affecting text, H4 has a tear of 2 inches, and there is a corner torn on plate 48 but well away from printed area. The additions: "A Companion to the Alter" consists of pages 3 (title page) to 74 (Finis), pp 71 - 74 are defective at foot of page). "The Whole Book of Psalms" consists of 9 gatherings of, no pagination. Binding: contemporary full calf, decorated tooled floral device in cntre with similar decorated borders, originally gild but faded with wear. Rabcked with a new back strip and label with title gilt and gilt rules, binding is nicely tight and the whole robust. cropped close on top margin original marbled endpapers
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- Bookseller
- Crouch Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8716
- Title
- The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as the are to be Sung or Said in Churches. BOUND WITH two additional items: A Companion to the Alter: Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, printed for Edmund Parker ...1725 AND The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, And Others Conferred with the Hebrew, London, Printed by Stephen Gilbert , for the Company of Stationers, 1716
- Author
- Church Of England
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- University of Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
- Date Published
- 1716
- Keywords
- Classical Greek and Roman Literature and Civilisation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical Greek and Roman Literature, Classical Civilisation, Latin;
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Crouch Rare Books
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Godalming, Surrey
About Crouch Rare Books
Out-of-print and antiquarian books and maps
Established 1970
Established 1970
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- Plate
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