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 Together With The Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches And the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons [Hayday Fine Full Leather Binding Later Edition]

Church of England

Published by Oxford: Printed at the University Press, 1844

About this Item

Oxford: Printed at the University Press, 1844, Later Edition. Great Primer Octavo. An elegant full morocco binding by Hayday with their stamp to the baseof the front paste down, with gilt titles and fine gilt tooling to the spine and boards. All edges gilt. A neat ink inscription to the front paste down. Pagination: pages unnumbered up to the Forms of Prayer where page numbering is at the base of the page (581-645pp) then unnumbered again for the Psalms. Signatures A to Rr in gatherings of 8, Ss in gathering of 4; Psalms A to E in gatherings of 8, F in gathering of 4. Provenance: inscription to Henry L. Prentice from Catherine, Countess of Caledon, Sept 1850 to the front. Catherine Freeman Yorke (born in April 1786) was the second daughter of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke and Elizabeth Lindsay. In 1811 Catherine married Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon. William Alexander, of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire was first ennobled in 1663. Henry L. Prentice was agent to the Earl of Caledon and showed a humanitarian approach to the Irish famine. Approximately 10 ¼ inches tall (26cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, five raised gilt bands, gilt decorated compartments, rubbed and worn. Joints good condition sound. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition gilt tooling to the boards. Page edges good condition all gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition yellow paste downs, gilt dentelles, stamped by Hayday to the base of the front paste down. End papers good condition yellow, tanned and signed subsequently. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1844 Binding: Hardback.

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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 United Church of England and Ireland Together With The Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches And the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons [Hayday Fine Full Leather Binding Later Edition]
• Publisher: Oxford: Printed at the University Press
• Publication Date: 1844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good