The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacrements, 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.

Published by Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners., 1844

About this Item

Size of the binding: 2 1/4 inches x 3 3/4 in. x 1 in. (thick), engraved frontispiece; engraved title-page; title-page. 392 pp., 56 pp. engraved title-page for Psalms & Hymns. 244 pp. Small engraving at p. 34 of the first part. Full dark brown leather with two, flat bands across the spine, gilt-lettered title, decorations, gilt designs on the covers with early owner's name stamped in gold on the front cover: Rt. Pell; all edges gilt, light yellow, glazed endpapers. The spine ends, cover corners & edges show some wear; age-related tanning to the very thin paper pages, with a few tiny marginal splits to the paper, or turned over corners present. Small, heraldic embossed seal on the front free endpaper, early owner's signature in ink, on the back paste-down endpaper: Robt. Pell NY. From the collection of Cleveland, Ohio based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951), with his bookplate inserted in this copy.

Seller Inventory # M-214

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacrements, 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: Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners.
• Publication Date: 1844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket