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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER [with] A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID
- Used
- Condition
- Very good plus.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Alnwick: Printed by W. Davison, 1817. Very good plus.. Lovely Regency-era edition of this book of Psalms along with the classic Christian devotional texts, featuring touches of extra ornamentation to the text's gilt edges. Prayer books like this one were ubiquitous in Victorian households of members of the Church of England; the prayer books, like the Church of England itself, rose from King Henry VIII's break with Catholicism. Intended to be used during Sunday church services and as devotional works, many copies of THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER display varied signs of use.
This copy was issued by a provincial press in Northern England, Alnwick in Northumberland. Its binding ornamentation of gilt rules to the boards with further blind-stamped designs within the rules is typical of fine bindings in the Regency period - however, it has a special touch in its gauffered edges, not elaborately stamped but lightly ornamented at the corners. Quite elegant. Octavo, 8.25'' x 5.5''. Contemporary full calf, gilt rules and diamond pattern in blind to boards, raised bands, spine extensively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt and gauffered. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece image of a woman kneeling in prayer and 4 full-page engravings. Text moderately foxed and soiled throughout. Binding with just a bit of wear to spine ends and corners.
This copy was issued by a provincial press in Northern England, Alnwick in Northumberland. Its binding ornamentation of gilt rules to the boards with further blind-stamped designs within the rules is typical of fine bindings in the Regency period - however, it has a special touch in its gauffered edges, not elaborately stamped but lightly ornamented at the corners. Quite elegant. Octavo, 8.25'' x 5.5''. Contemporary full calf, gilt rules and diamond pattern in blind to boards, raised bands, spine extensively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt and gauffered. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece image of a woman kneeling in prayer and 4 full-page engravings. Text moderately foxed and soiled throughout. Binding with just a bit of wear to spine ends and corners.
Synopsis
This exquisite Deluxe Edition of the Anglican prayer book and literary masterpiece commemorates the 350th anniversary of the 1662 edition intimately familiar to our most enduring writers (Austen, Swift, the Brontës). It features a new introduction by The New Yorker ’s book critic, James Wood, discussing how it has influenced the English language and literature. As essential to the canon as the Bible and the plays of Shakespeare, The Book of Common Prayer has been in daily use for centuries. Originally produced for the Church of England in the sixteenth century by Thomas Cranmer, who was burned at the stake upon the accession to the throne of the ardently Catholic Queen Mary, it contains the entire liturgy as first presented in English—as well as some of the oldest phrases to be used by modern English speakers. Here are the daily prayers, scripture readings, psalm recitals, and the services marking such religious milestones as baptism, confirmation, and marriage (“to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, to till death do us part”), all from the 1662 edition, whose words live on to this day sin figures of speech, ceremonial vows and benedictions, and in the work of some of the greatest writers in English literature.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50570
- Title
- THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER [with] A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by W. Davison
- Place of Publication
- Alnwick
- Date Published
- 1817
- Keywords
- 19th century,English & British,Religion,Fine Binding,Bible,Gift Beaut Binding
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About the Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gauffered Edges
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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