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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 and Ireland. With Notes. Illuminated: and Illustrated with Engravings from the Works of the Great Painters
by [Church of England and Ireland]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1845. First edition. Velvet and metal. Very Good. Owen Jones. 7 x 10 inches. 8vo. xl + 484 pages. Collates as a-e (in 4s) + A - S (in 4s) + g - z (in 4s) + [pi] (4 leaves) + Aa - Hh (in 4s) + Ii (1 leaf). Each page printed within border with rules and chromolithographed decorations. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Rubrics printed in red. Psalter printed in two columns with half title, frontispiece and other gilded plates. Griffiths 1845/24. Cream silk moire endpapers. Gilt and gauffered edges. Gilding bright. Bound in full purple velvet with brass edges, engraved brass shield to front cover and two engraved brass clasps (one defective). All page edges gauffered. A little wear at the top and bottom of the hinges. A very attractive binding with light wear. Contained in black leather slipcase in very good condition. Slipcase repaired and lined with cloth. An extraordinary Victorian Book of Common Prayer in an unusually nice contemporary velvet and metal binding with clasps. The vignettes, initials and ornaments were designed by Owen Jones, a notable 19th Century Welsh architect.
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Details
- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1298
- 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 Notes. Illuminated: and Illustrated with Engravings from the Works of the Great Painters
- Author
- [Church of England and Ireland]
- Illustrator
- Owen Jones
- Format/Binding
- Velvet and metal
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- Anglican Common Prayer BCP United England Ireland 19thillustrated illuminated
Terms of Sale
St. Wulfstans Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gauffered Edges
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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