The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David

(Book of Common Prayer)

Published by Hugh Gaine, New York, 1795

About this Item

Printed in two columns. [208]pp. A-d2, A-3B2. Folio. Very rare first folio edition of the 1789 United States Book of Common Prayer, the second standard American prayer book, beautifully printed by Gaine and designed for lecturn use. Most extant examples with the leaves containing the morning and evening daily prayers defective from overuse (A1-C2), as here. Evans 29362; Griffiths, Book of Common Prayer 1795:11; ESTC W29998 Contemporary black morocco gilt, rebacked, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Staining to title and first few leaves, losses at lower outer corners of A1-C2, partly supplied in early manuscript Provenance: Christ Church, Baltimore (in gilt on upper cover) Printed in two columns. [208]pp. A-d2, A-3B2. Folio.

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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 Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David
• Publisher: Hugh Gaine, New York
• Publication Date: 1795
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana