iii, [12], v-xvi, [9]-47, 56-417,[3] double-column p.; 34 engr. pl. (frontis. dated 1795, 11 before page v, 22 in text); 37 cm. [title continues, abbreviated] of every part of the morning and evening prayers, as appointed by the Church of England. The service of the Holy Communion fully explained. The ministration of public and private Baptism copiously illustrated. The catechism at large most copiously explained, and rendered clear to every capacity. Together with a beautiful edition of the whole Book of Common Prayer; and the old version of the Psalms, by Sternhold and Hopkins, and the new version by Tate and Brady. Embellished and ornamented with a set of numerous and elegant copper-plate engravings, executed, in a stile of excellence hitherto unequalled in any former publications of the kind, by the first masters. -- Very scarce: edition not noted by Griffiths, Bibliography of BCP (though similar to 1785/8); not in COPAC. Fair, covers taped over. Lea. title-piece. Dampstained, repairs.

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Title: A new and complete explanation of the Common Prayer Book. Containing a most copious, full, and complete explanation
Publisher: London: [1795?] Folio., for Alex. Hogg [etc., etc.]
Binding: Hardcover

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Our business, established in Chicago in 1924 and relocated in Naperville Illinois, was moved to the Florida Panhandle in 1980. Our main warehouse, with a mile of double shelving and open by appointment, includes stock for sale --around 20% so far on line -- together with special collections in Anglicanism (with special strength in the Oxford or tractarian movement and editions of John Henry Newman, Bible texts and commentaries, lectureships and monographic series, the philosophy of religion, the Reformed tradition, and antiquarian theology before 1840. Please try a keyword search (we suggest truncating, e.g. Anglic*) on these or other words of your choosing.

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Alec R. Allenson, Inc.
1307 Highway 179A, Westville, FL, 32464-3045, U.S.A.

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Books requested will be held for two weeks (international, for three weeks). Directly we can receive payment through AbeBooks, by check or draft on a U.S. bank, or through PayPal. Books ordered by libraries can be sent with an enclosed invoice. Payment in euros or pounds sterling can be arranged. Our U.S. employer identification no. (EIN) is 36-0814540. The firm is registered as a domestic corporation in the state of Illinois (file no. D 2079-867-0; showing 1,040 shares of common stock with a pa...

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