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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 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.
by Book of Common Prayer 1709
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About This Item
London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty. 1709. . Folio. 26cm x 40cm. Black full calf, panelled, the spine designed in six panels. Marbled end papers. Ruled throughout in red. Frontispiece by Gaspars, ("R. White Sculp."), with the imprint of 1709. The Psalms has its own title page: (London: Printed by Tho. Hodgkin, for the Company of Stationers, 1703). Text in two columns, decorative initials throughout; the Psalms in three columns. A disbound, heavily used copy with both covers detached, the first 10 leaves loose, old stains to lower edge and fore edge, considerable wear to the edges of some leaves (slight loss to the lower corner of a few early leaves). Complete, and in need of a binder's attention.
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- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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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 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.
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- Book of Common Prayer 1709
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- Used
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- 1
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- London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty. 1
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William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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