Lot 242 , The Book of Common Prayer..... title printed in red and black, frontis, head and tailpiece decorations, decorated initial letters, red ruled throughout, (28, 344), 23, (4)pp.; contemp. black gilt ruled and decorated calf

° The Book of Common Prayer..... title printed in red and black, frontis, head and tailpiece decorations, decorated initial letters, red ruled throughout, (28, 344), 23, (4)pp.; contemp. black gilt ruled and decorated calf with panelled spine, ge., tall folio. Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, 1742

£100-150

Condition:
Some soiling and damage lwr. corners early leaves (after title) just clear of text; frontis (St. Paul's) with (?) lettering cut out from cartouche beneath; see Griffiths (for a comparison) 1742 (1). In this copy, after T2 (end of Communion) there is a 4pp. addition - 'Prayers for the Parliament', the main text continuing after. In several places there are ms. marginal notes (sometimes straying onto text)