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. [Illustrated title page:] The Liturgy of the Church of England, Adorn'd with Historical Cuts

[CHURCH OF ENGLAND]; [NUNN, James]

Published by Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University; James Hodges at ye Looking Glass on London Bridge Sells all sorts of Bibles, Common Prayers, Testaments, Salters, Spelling Books & all sorts of School Books, Wholescale & Retale, Oxford, 1752

About this Item

Two works in one. bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others (London: Printed by C. and J. Ackers, for the Company of Stationers. M.DCC.LI). 8vo, unpaginated, a-b8, c3, A-Aa8 (final leaf Aa8): one tailpiece; A-H8 (final leaf H8); extra-illustrated: engraved title page and frontispiece of George II, plus 45 engraved plates presented out of sequence. Later full black morocco, spine and upper board gilt-ruled (and faded), spine simply and scantly tooled in gilt, gilt roll-tooled edges and turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. Heavy wear and rubbing, scored and bumped, circular marks to upper board. Gatherings not flush, only traces of earlier gilt edge stain (from second/ later binder's trimming?). Off-setting from book label (now removed) to front endpapers. Later affectionate gift POI in brown ink to second blank: "To Dorothy, with love from, Phyllis," with earlier POI, again in brown ink, repeated, to illustrated title page and Contents page: "Jas. Nunn, Chal(c)k." Browned, some foxing and staining, losses to bottom corner of A2 (with 4 lines of text absent) and top corner of A7, some tears, nicking and creasing, a number of margins trimmed very close, with headers and catchwords affected, incl. gathering I, L & X (plus B in second work), leaves P3 & 4 taped at centre fold, with attendant offsetting to adjacent pages. Else, complete and clean. Good+ A well-handled, extra-illustrated copy of the 1752 OUP Book of Common Prayer, bound with Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins et al's The Whole Book of Psalms (1751), featuring 47 biblical and historical plates, including 'Gunpowder Treason', 'The Martyrdom of King Charles the 1st' and 'The Restoration of Charles 2nd'. N.B. Diverges from ESTC T183438: shares format, title, imprint, and date (though in Arabic rather than Roman numerals on title page), but lacks a price on title page (c.f. One Shilling) and its final leaf (of the first work) is Aa8 (rather than H3).

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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. [Illustrated title page:] The Liturgy of the Church of England, Adorn'd with Historical Cuts
• Publisher: Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University; James Hodges at ye Looking Glass on London Bridge Sells all sorts of Bibles, Common Prayers, Testaments, Salters, Spelling Books & all sorts of School Books, Wholescale & Retale, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1752
• Binding: Full morocco
• Condition: Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Book of Common Prayer
  • Illustrated Books