Lot 238 , The Booke of Common Prayer ... for Use of the Church of Scotland. title (within an elaborate decorated border) printed in red and black with engraved device, head and tailpiece decorations

° The Booke of Common Prayer ... for Use of the Church of Scotland. title (within an elaborate decorated border) printed in red and black with engraved device, head and tailpiece decorations,
historiated and decorated initial letters, mostly black letter, The Psalter title dated 1636; newly rebound half calf and marbled boards, gilt-lettered panelled spine, with blind decorations, roy.8vo. Edinburgh: printed by Robert Young ... 1637

£250-350

Condition:
Title lt. marked, some other intermittent spots etc., but gen. a good crisp copy; new e/ps. and blanks. (32, 268, 156) pp. nb. agrees with Griffiths p.101 as to signatures - although the 2nd paginatiion is given (incorrectly) as 168. However, our copy has the catchword 'Certaine' on this last page (the four following pages having been excised on the orders of The King) , a point not noted in the Griffiths description; see ESTC. S101893. The Psalter's title is also within a decorated border. Bound after is: the Psalmes of King David... title with an elaborate pictorial border, music notation, old ms. note p.5, London: printed by Thomas Harper, 1636. pp.(1), 147 pp. browning on final leaf, but gen. good

Sold for £750