Lot 1043 , The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments…John Baskett, Cambridge, 1721

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments…John Baskett, Cambridge, 1721

° The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments…John Baskett, Cambridge, 1721, bound with The Holy Bible containing The Old Testament and The New, John Baskett, London, 1722, folio, front board and front end paper detached, lacking back board.
The New Testament blank title page verso, inscribed in black ink, recording details of the Crofts family’s births, marriages, baptisms, confirmations and deaths, commencing with the marriage of Peter Guerin Crofts and Sarah Strudwick at Lewisham, Kent, in July 20th 1772 and concluding with the confirmation of Peter Guerin Crofts, at Wellingborough [North Northamptonshire], on July 10th 1792, by the Bishop of Peterborough
£150-200

Condition:
Distressed binding - upper board present byt detached, lower board missing, some spine ar, both e/ps loose. BPC. title lt. soiled. Bible - NT. title soiled (extensive Crofts family notes on verso). text mostly clean.