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 [with Companion to the Altar and Psalms]
by [Church of England]
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, 1768. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 3 3/4 x 6 inches. 12mo. [24] + [288] unnumbered pages. Collates as A-N (in 12s). With 47 engravings. Griffiths 1768/7. Bound with: [Vickers, William], A companion to the altar shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation in order to our worthy receiving the Holy Communion. London: Printed by Assignment for E. Parker for John Beecroft, 1766. 68 pages. With engraved frontispiece and title. ESTCT76132. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms collected into English Metre. Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, [1765]. [96] unnumbered pages. Collates as A-D (in 12s). ESTCT91926. Pages bright and clean. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of John Devey on front pastedown. All page edges gilt. Bound in contemporary full black polished morocco with gilt rolled borders and central emblems. Spine with raised bands and six compartments with gilt decoration. Light wear at head and tail of spine. A nicely bound engraved illustrated Georgian BCP.
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- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 777
- 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 Church of England; Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches [with Companion to the Altar and Psalms]
- Author
- [Church of England]
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1768
- Keywords
- Anglican Common Prayer BCP England Sternhold Hopkins psalms psalmes devotional 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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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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...