SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. Book of Common Prayer. New York: James Pott for the New York Bible Society 1892. 16mo, binding: 140 x 90 x 28mm. (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.), A JEWELLED BINDING WITH 108 STONES, light brown morocco, both covers with double gilt fillet around an interlacing strapwork border of gilt-outlined inlaid green morocco on a gilt-stippled ground, enclosing, on upper cover, two curling grapevines with bunches of grapes in inlaid gilt-outlined green and maroon morocco on a gilt-dotted ground, on either side of a cross formed by an extension of the strapwork border, with additional inlaid maroon strapwork at the center of the cross, the design forming 7 gilt-stippled lozenges, 6 of which are set with a single garnet, the 7th and central lozenge containing A CLUSTER OF 7 GARNETS, the cross outlined with 16 OTHER GARNETS AND 12 AMETHYSTS; on lower cover a panel in eight compartments of inlaid brown and green morocco strapwork, the outer four compartments with swirling gilt and onlaid green morocco foliage sprays, the four inner compartments with stylized wheat sheaves in brown morocco, around a central gilt-stippled compartment SET WITH A CLUSTER OF 7 GARNETS, 4 IDENTICAL CLUSTERS AT THE CORNERS OF THE PANEL, the panel further set with 4 MOONSTONES AND 6 CHRYSOPRASES; smooth spine gilt-lettered and with gilt and onlaid morocco design set with 7 SMALL RUBIES AND ONE CHRYSOPRASE, two clasps each set with 3 TURQUOISES, chain from upper board edges with FOUR AMETHYST AND 2 PEARL LINKS, 2 tassel page markers with PEARL TERMINATORS; turn-ins with inlaid green morocco roundels surrounding gilt cross-hatched purple morocco doublures, each doublure SET WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR MINIATURE OF A SCENE FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST, gray silk liners with gilt-stamped panel including the binders' monogram, gilt-stamped on upper liner "Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London", gauffred, gilt and colored edges; head and tail of spine and board edges slightly rubbed; morocco folding case, broken. This copy with 3 INSERTED ILLUMINATED VELLUM LEAVES, comprising two watercolor miniatures (one as frontispiece), and one calligraphic title, the latter in blue ink with burnished gold, title and miniatures within red and blue frames surrounded by blue and green foliage borders with burnished gold.

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SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. Book of Common Prayer. New York: James Pott for the New York Bible Society 1892. 16mo, binding: 140 x 90 x 28mm. (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.), A JEWELLED BINDING WITH 108 STONES, light brown morocco, both covers with double gilt fillet around an interlacing strapwork border of gilt-outlined inlaid green morocco on a gilt-stippled ground, enclosing, on upper cover, two curling grapevines with bunches of grapes in inlaid gilt-outlined green and maroon morocco on a gilt-dotted ground, on either side of a cross formed by an extension of the strapwork border, with additional inlaid maroon strapwork at the center of the cross, the design forming 7 gilt-stippled lozenges, 6 of which are set with a single garnet, the 7th and central lozenge containing A CLUSTER OF 7 GARNETS, the cross outlined with 16 OTHER GARNETS AND 12 AMETHYSTS; on lower cover a panel in eight compartments of inlaid brown and green morocco strapwork, the outer four compartments with swirling gilt and onlaid green morocco foliage sprays, the four inner compartments with stylized wheat sheaves in brown morocco, around a central gilt-stippled compartment SET WITH A CLUSTER OF 7 GARNETS, 4 IDENTICAL CLUSTERS AT THE CORNERS OF THE PANEL, the panel further set with 4 MOONSTONES AND 6 CHRYSOPRASES; smooth spine gilt-lettered and with gilt and onlaid morocco design set with 7 SMALL RUBIES AND ONE CHRYSOPRASE, two clasps each set with 3 TURQUOISES, chain from upper board edges with FOUR AMETHYST AND 2 PEARL LINKS, 2 tassel page markers with PEARL TERMINATORS; turn-ins with inlaid green morocco roundels surrounding gilt cross-hatched purple morocco doublures, each doublure SET WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR MINIATURE OF A SCENE FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST, gray silk liners with gilt-stamped panel including the binders' monogram, gilt-stamped on upper liner "Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London", gauffred, gilt and colored edges; head and tail of spine and board edges slightly rubbed; morocco folding case, broken. This copy with 3 INSERTED ILLUMINATED VELLUM LEAVES, comprising two watercolor miniatures (one as frontispiece), and one calligraphic title, the latter in blue ink with burnished gold, title and miniatures within red and blue frames surrounded by blue and green foliage borders with burnished gold.