Lot 2027 , The Book Of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... according to the use of the Church of England ... with 54 plates, red ruled throughout; contemp. gilt decorated and panelled black morocco, sometime reb

° The Book Of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... according to the use of the Church of England ... with 54 plates, red ruled throughout; contemp. gilt decorated and panelled black morocco, sometime rebacked and with marbled e/ps. added, ge., 8vo. Oxford: printed by the University Printers, 1703; bound with - The Whole Book of Psalms: collected into English Metre ... printed by T. Willmer, for the Company of Stationers, 1704
£200-300

Condition:
Spine badly worn, intermittent 'age related' stains, spots and minor tears, 2 leaves clear tear with no loss, gen. good inside, upper joint cracked. Signatures (main text) A-28, Aa8; (Queen Anne Thanksgiving) unsigned and Aa+-Aa3; (Articles of Religion) Bb4; (Psalms) A-B8, A-H8, I4. Psalms pagination (1)-119 and (final prayers) 119-134. nb. pp.63/64 duplicated. The plts series has two numbered 41, and include the 'Restoration' ones of the Gunpowder Treason, Execution of Charles I, and the Restoration of Charles II. There is not one of Queen Anne herself; this series is by William Emmet; Griffiths 1703 (7) with the Queen's accession service (not in all copies). These plates were 'optional extras', and therefore (as the bibliographer notes) not described in the entry. In d-column; extra ruling on title and elsewhere; early 19th cent. ownership Sarah Smyth

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