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The Book of Common Prayer [with] The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins... [and] A New Version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the tunes used in Churches by N. Brady D.D... and N. Tate, Esq.
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About This Item
Cambridge, J. Baskerville, 1762. . Three works in one volume; 12mo (18 x 11 cm); armorial bookplate to front pastedown, text in two columns, Common Prayer with cancel title, light toning with occasional spots; contemporary red panelled morocco gilt, outer panel single fillet border, inner panel with a foliate and floral border, floral corner pieces, spine gilt in six compartments, raised bands, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, very minor wear to extremities, otherwise near fine.
A charming sammelband of three works from the press of John Baskerville (1707-1775), comprising the Book of Common Prayer, Sternhold and Hopkins' setting of the Book of Psalms in English metre, and Brady and Tate's Psalms of David. Bound in an attractive contemporary red panelled morocco gilt, and with provenance for the Old Masters collector Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829-1900).
'Baskerville was one of the giants of English typography, introducing a number of innovations, including the eponymous typeface still in use today. His typefaces were finely constructed, his designs simple, and spare, and made great use of white space. He also pioneered the development of fine papers for printing' (Society of Archbishop Justus).
Gaskell 20, 21, 22; Griffiths 8; ESTC T87220, T87252, T107540.
A charming sammelband of three works from the press of John Baskerville (1707-1775), comprising the Book of Common Prayer, Sternhold and Hopkins' setting of the Book of Psalms in English metre, and Brady and Tate's Psalms of David. Bound in an attractive contemporary red panelled morocco gilt, and with provenance for the Old Masters collector Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829-1900).
'Baskerville was one of the giants of English typography, introducing a number of innovations, including the eponymous typeface still in use today. His typefaces were finely constructed, his designs simple, and spare, and made great use of white space. He also pioneered the development of fine papers for printing' (Society of Archbishop Justus).
Gaskell 20, 21, 22; Griffiths 8; ESTC T87220, T87252, T107540.
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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- The Book of Common Prayer [with] The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins... [and] A New Version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the tunes used in Churches by N. Brady D.D... and N. Tate, Esq.
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- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, J. Baskerville, 1762.
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