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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 United Church of England [with Psalms]
by [Church of England]
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: University Printers, 1708. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 5 x 7 3/4 inches. 8vo. A - BB (8 leaf quires) + 52 engravings. Lacks A1 (title page). Griffiths 1708/4. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by William Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, 1708. A - H (8 leaf quires) + I (4 leaf quire) + 2 rfep. First Pearson edition. ESTCT194819. Both works printed in two columns and red ruled throughout. Marbled endpapers. Pages bright and clean, with a few quires slightly extended. Bound in full black morocco with two brass clasps present and working. All page edges gilt and gauffered. Slight separation at top of front hinge and boards slightly warped. A very nice highly illustrated English BCP with fifty-two engravings, gauffered edges and clasps.
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- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 465
- 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 [with Psalms]
- Author
- [Church of England]
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University Printers
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1708
- Keywords
- Anglican Common Prayer BCP England Psalter Psalms 18th binding gauffered illustrated
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About the Seller
St. Wulfstans Books
Biblio member since 2009
Fayetteville, Arkansas
About St. Wulfstans Books
St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Gauffered Edges
- ...
- 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...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- 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...
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