The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, Illustrated and Explained By a Full and Comprehensive Paraphrase at the Bottom of Each Page. By the Rev. Leonard Howard, D. D.

Printed in 1761. Size Quarto, 10" x 7.75", 578 pages, including index, plus engraved plates inserted not paginated. Contemporary binding of dark brown calf decorated with ornate gilt tooled central panel to front and back covers, ornate gilt corner pieces, initials A.B. in centre of panel. Fiveraised bands to the spine with gilt title on black morocco label in the second, and ornate fine gilt decoration in the remaining compartments. Marbled endpapers. Condition very good, binding repaird and rebacked at some point, outer corners restored, original endpapers retained. The internal condition is very clean, a few faint spots to margins of about 10 pages, else contents clean. With frontispiece portrait of George III, and numerous full page plates throughout of Biblical New Testament Scenes, and Saints. Leonard Howard was the Personal Chaplain to the Dowager Princess of Wales. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha was the Princess of Wales from 1736-1751 and became Dowager Princess of Wales when her husband Frederick, Prince of Wales died. He produced The Royal Bible for her. She was the mother of King George III who came to the throne in 1760.…