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The Book of Common Prayer. (Illustrated by Owen Jones) Hardcover - 1850

by CHURCH of ENGLAND ~(Owen Jones)

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London: John Murray, 1850. ~FULL 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 United Church of England and Ireland. With Plates and Illustrations. ~Original half dark brown morocco, marbled paper to boards. Raised bands, blind decor, and gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing to boards, wear to board edges and corners. Spine slightly faded, minor chipping to top spine, spine edges rubbed. Hinges firm. All edges red, colour partly worn away. Front endpapers cracked at gutter, and front free endpaper trimmed to stub. Pictorial bookplate to front blank endpage. Some foxing and offsetting. Dampstaining to verso of t.p., and mild dampstaining from p. 451 to end of vol. Six full-page gilt and colour chromolithographic plates, with elaborate coloured initials, ornaments, and borders designed by Jones throughout. Vignette illustrations also by Jones. Owen Jones (1809-1874), architect, printer, and designer, was 'one of the most influential, prolific, and well-known designers of mid-nineteenth-century Britain' (ODNB), responsible for the decoration of the Crystal Palace, and one of the central figures in the mid-century enthusiasm for medieval illumination. A beautifully-designed volume, somewhat let down by condition. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. . Hardback. Good+. xl, 484pp. Text block sound & unmarked.
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