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The Booke of Common Prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of David: of that translation which is appointed to be used in churches. London: Robert Barker, 1607.
4º (273 x 185mm). Predominantly in black letter. Title and calendar in black and red, title and half-title with the same elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials and decorative tail-pieces, all coloured in a contemporary hand. (Supplied facsimile title copied from the 1606 edition, remounted original section-title in the alternative setting dated 1606, occasional marginal spotting and thumbing.) Late 18th-century mottled calf, covers with gilt dentelle border, gilt spine with floral compartments and morocco label (some rubbing). Provenance: Sir Henry Edwards (1812-1886; later pencil note) – Sir Thomas Edwards (later pencil note) – Lady Edwards, Miss Edwards and Mr Hope (later pencil note).
HAND-COLOURED COPY of the Jacobean Book of Common Prayer, first published in 1604 following the decisions taken at the Hampton Court Conference which also led to the publication of the King James Bible. STC 16332.2; cf. STC 16330.3 for 1606 edition.
4º (273 x 185mm). Predominantly in black letter. Title and calendar in black and red, title and half-title with the same elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials and decorative tail-pieces, all coloured in a contemporary hand. (Supplied facsimile title copied from the 1606 edition, remounted original section-title in the alternative setting dated 1606, occasional marginal spotting and thumbing.) Late 18th-century mottled calf, covers with gilt dentelle border, gilt spine with floral compartments and morocco label (some rubbing). Provenance: Sir Henry Edwards (1812-1886; later pencil note) – Sir Thomas Edwards (later pencil note) – Lady Edwards, Miss Edwards and Mr Hope (later pencil note).
HAND-COLOURED COPY of the Jacobean Book of Common Prayer, first published in 1604 following the decisions taken at the Hampton Court Conference which also led to the publication of the King James Bible. STC 16332.2; cf. STC 16330.3 for 1606 edition.
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