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.

Quarto bound in 8's. ( 288mm. ) Unpaginated [416 ]. Final leaf = Cc8. All edges gilt. Price from imprint: Price 10 s. unbound. Title page within a two rule frame. Sigs. C2 and C3 with a small open tear at the head of the inner margins, not affecting the text. Sig. L and first leaf of Sig. M pulled because of crack in book block. The contents are clean and are printed on slightly thicker paper than is usual. Contemporary black goatskin binding, worn, the covers tooled in gold with border rolls and a central diamond shaped lozenge, built up of small tools. The spine with five raised bands and six gold tooled compartments, chipped at the head and toe. Corners bumped with the boards showing through. Joints partially cracked. Marbled endpapers. Neither hinge cracked. This is probably a binding executed by Edwin Moor(e) as the tooling on this binding is very similar those used on his other bindings, see - Foot. The Henry Davis Gift. A Collection of Bookbindings Vol.II. Page.209. No's 170 & 171, ( p.805) & ( p.1413). Edwin Moor(e) worked in Cambridge between 1740 and 1769. ' His work is in the Harleian style but both materials and execution are superior to those of Chapman and Elliot and his bindings are among the most attractive of the mid eighteenth century ' - British Bookbindings: 16th - 19th Century An exhibition originally held in the Hunterian Library, University of Glasgow in December 1970. ESTC T88795. Griffiths 1758.6. See Also - Maggs. Bookbinding in the British Isles . Catalogue 1212. Part1. No's 108 - 111. …