The Book of Common Prayer and the administration of the sacraments ... together with the Psalter..
by Church of England
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About This Item
Cambridge: printed by John Baskerville, printer to the university, 1762. First duodecimo Baskerville edition, 12mo, 198 leaves, collating as in Gaskell; the title a cancellans as described by Gaskell (with the price of "five shillings, unbound"); bound with: Sternhold, Thomas, & John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre. Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville, 1762. [55 of 61] leaves, wanting K2-L6; first Baskerville edition; together in contemporary full red morocco, elaborate gilt borders on covers, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments without letters, a.e.g.; extremities lightly rubbed, but generally a very good copy in a nice binding. Gaskell 20 ("Baskerville agreed with the University to print an edition of 4000 copies") and 21 respectively.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48821
- Title
- The Book of Common Prayer and the administration of the sacraments ... together with the Psalter..
- Author
- Church of England
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- printed by John Baskerville, printer to the university
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1762
- Keywords
- , Baskerville , Church of England ,
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- Bindings;
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....