The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of The United Church of England Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating Bishops Priests and Deacons and The Scottish Liturgy and the Permissible Additions to and Deviations from the Service Books of the Scottish Church as Canonically Sanctioned Leather bound - 1912

Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press, [1912]. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. lvi + 698 numbered pages, a (4 leaves, lacking a1 (initial blank)) + b (16 leaves) + C (8 leaves) + 1-21 (in 16s) + 22 (14 leaves). All page edges rouged and gilt. An interesting unrecorded variant of Griffiths 1912/2 and 1912/3. Bound in full flexible black leather with gilt cross on front cover and gilt "Common Prayer (Scotland) / Cambridge" on spine. Pasted inside the rear cover is a manuscript letter dated 18th March 1913 from E.H. Dowden, the niece of the noted Irish poet, professor and literary critic Edward Dowden, whose brother was Bishop of Edinburgh, addressed "Dear Dr. Hart" regarding the new Scottish BCP and the effect of the printer's strike upon it and the Scottish Chronicle, noting "how useful your American Revision Reports have been" and the current state of revision of the Lectionary among other related subjects, also included is a letter from James Pott (American agent for Cambridge Univ. Press) notifying Dr. Hart of the forwarding of the New Scottish BCP. From the library of Samuel Hart, which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result, items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart (1845-1917) was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898, he became the fourth historiographer of the Episcopal Church. He served in all three of these offices until his death. (In 1893, he was elected Bishop of Vermont, but he declined the office.) A unique association copy with related correspondence.