The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David
by [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
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- Condition
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About This Item
Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring, for I[saiah] Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1794. Leather Bound. Very Good. 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Collates as a-c (in 6s) + A-Ee (in 6s) + Ff (2 leaves). Lacks two leaves and lower 1/3 of another at P2-P4. This variant not recorded in Griffiths. See Griffiths 1794/11 for similar edition with a-b in 4s rather than a-c in 6s. Bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms in Metre with Hymns, Suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church, and Other Occasions of Public Worship. Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring for I[saiah] Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1793. 244 + [4] pages. Collates as A-U (in 6s) + W (4 leaves). Complete. Light toning and damp stain. 1 [of 2] marbled feps. A few quires slightly extended. Bound in contemporary full red leather with gilt designs to both covers and to spine which is cracked. Covers worn and rubbed. A scarce and unusually well preserved example of the first and only BCP printed for Isaiah Thomas, who Benjamin Franklin praised as "the American Baskerville." A scarce edition.
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- St. Wulfstans Books (US)
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- 621
- 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 Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David
- Author
- [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by Manning and Loring, for I[saiah] Thomas and E.T. Andrews
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1794
- Keywords
- Common Prayer BCP Protestant Episcopal United States America Thomas hymns 18th
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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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- Gilt
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- Cracked
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