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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
by [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1791. Second printing. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 4 x 6 inches. 12mo. Collates as a - c (6 leaf quires) + A - Uu (6 leaf quires). a1 (title page) in facsimile. A few leaves of Selections from Psalms and Psalter (Q3-Q4 and Aa2-Aa5) lacking. Printed in two column Roman type. A few other pages (B1, B2, K4, P6, Dd5, Ee5, and Uu6) with small losses. F3 with closed tear to inner margin. Scattered stains. The Psalter has a separate title page with a continuous register. Endpapers renewed. Old ownership inscription of Sarah Percival. Griffiths 1791/18. Bound full straight grained modern calf with red spine label containing gilt title and date. A very good copy of this scarce printing of the American BCP. It is the second printing of the BCP in America, and one of only two editions before the addition of the Ordinal in 1792.
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- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 493
- 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
- Author
- [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- Publisher
- Printed by Hall and Sellers
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1791
- Keywords
- Common Prayer BCP Protestant Episcopal United States America 18th
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About the Seller
St. Wulfstans Books
Biblio member since 2009
Fayetteville, Arkansas
About St. Wulfstans Books
St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine Label
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Leaves
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- Facsimile
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