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; and the Form or Manner of making, ordaining and consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons. [With :] The Whole Book of Psalms.

(Book of Common Prayer. Psalms.)

Published by Printed by Joseph Bentham Printer to the University by whom they are Sold. and by Benj. Dod Bookseller. London, 1758

About this Item

internally very clean, large 4to (mm), handsome contemporary binding of full crushed red morocco, ornate gilt border to boards and spine, gilt roll at board edges, panel at centre of upper board lettered: Cha: Amcotts, Kettlethorp, 1765; some wear to extremities and spine commensurate with light use, headband napped but present, small scratch to leather of lower board, very good. A very attractive binding on this Book of Common Prayer, sometime property of Lincolnshire landowner Charles Amcotts (1729-77). Amcotts owned two estates in that county: Harrington Hall, which his father had built in the late 1600s, and Kettlethorp, which he inherited from an uncle in the 1740s. Kettlethorp, which became his main residence, he renovated with a fashionable classical interior including stucco ceilings and fine fireplaces. This sumptuous binding is likely a product of that time, proclaiming his taste and ownership of the estate. Amcotts was a staunch Tory who was MP for Boston from 1754 until his death. In 1772 a colleague described him as 'a most furious courtier, I need not add, formerly a most notorious Jacobite.' Indeed, Amcotts had been expelled from Cambridge in 1746 (aged seventeen), apparently for drinking the health of the Young Pretender. (See Lewis Namier's entry for Charles Amcotts in the History of Parliament (now online)).

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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 Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the Form or Manner of making, ordaining and consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons. [With :] The Whole Book of Psalms.
• Publisher: Printed by Joseph Bentham Printer to the University by whom they are Sold. and by Benj. Dod Bookseller. London
• Publication Date: 1758
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