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The Book of Common Prayer; Ornamented With Wood Cuts From Designs Of Albert Durer, Hans Holbein, And Others. In Imitation of Queen Elizabeth's Book of Christian Prayers
by Church of England
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- first
- Condition
- Fine
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society, 2007. Limited Edition. Quarter Leather. Fine. The Book of Common Prayer, printed by the Folio Society in 2007.. Large octavo, x, 718pp. Title in gilt on gilt-embellished green morocco spine. Marbled paper covered boards. Top edge gilt, other edges dyed green. Green bookmark sewn-in. Stated "Fifth printing 2007" on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. Housed in a matching gilt-embellished green slipcase.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15522
- Title
- The Book of Common Prayer; Ornamented With Wood Cuts From Designs Of Albert Durer, Hans Holbein, And Others. In Imitation of Queen Elizabeth's Book of Christian Prayers
- Author
- Church of England
- Illustrator
- The Book of Common Prayer, printed by the Folio Society in 2007.
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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