THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID, POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES. [FINE LEATHER].

Published by Cambridge: John Baskerville. 1761

About this Item

Fine contemporary leather bound large octavo 9½"x6", the signatures run A-Qq4, it is ESTC T215674 / Gaskell 1761.1 complete. The book is beautifully bound in full crushed morocco with gilt borders and spine decoration and dentelles with marbled board s and gilt page edges; it has been very neatly respined with the original spine relaid, there is some light wear only it remains a very attractive binding. The pastedown bears the book plate of the Scottish antiquarian Norman M. MacKean. There is som e fingermarks and small tears in the bottom corners of the Morning and Evening prayers, there are further marginal fingermarks in places in the Psalms.

Seller Inventory # ANT7065

Bibliographic Details

• 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 CHURCH OF ENGLAND: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID, POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES. [FINE LEATHER].
• Publisher: Cambridge: John Baskerville. 1761
• Binding: Hardcover