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1604 · BTETM0001743 — London: John Norton 1604. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. Medium octavo 8vo 6 12 × 9 14 in 165 × 235 mm . Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Contemporary vellum binding with expected age-wear and handling marks. A sound early seventeenth-century service-book copy retaining the strong practical character such books acquire through use. Binding: Vellum octavo 8vo approx. 6 12 × 4 38 in / 165 × 110 mm. The 1604 Norton reissue is recorded at approximately 16.5 × 11 cm with 28 unnumbered and 299 numbered leaves. Collation: 28 unnumbered leaves 299 numbered leaves; title preliminaries Psalter and final leaves. Please see Photos as part of condition report. 1604 London LIBER PRECUM PUBLICARUM LATIN BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Seu ministerii ecclesiasticae administrationis sacramentorum aliorumque rituum & caeremoniarum in Ecclesia Anglicana. An elegant Jacobean reissue of the Latin Book of Common Prayer: a compact service-book that carries the English Reformation into the language of scholarship. First issued in 1560 for use in colleges schools and universities the Liber offered an authorised Latin form of worship for learned institutions while remaining firmly within the post-Reformation settlement of the Church of England. In this 1604 John Norton reissue it survives as both devotional manual and academic artefact: a book meant to be handled consulted and used. By Church of England Author Bio: The Church of England’s Liber precum publicarum is the authorised Latin version of the reformed prayer book first issued in Elizabeth I’s reign for use especially in scholastic settings. Modern catalogues and recent scholarship describe it as a revised Latin translation associated with Walter Haddon the Tudor humanist and civil lawyer long linked with the text. Synopsis: A Latin Book of Common Prayer with the Psalter appended designed for use where Latin remained the working language of devotion and learning. The work stands at the intersection of liturgy pedagogy and confessional statecraft: not a survival of the medieval rite but a consciously Protestant service-book recast in classical dress. The 1604 Norton issue continues the octavo form seen in the 1574 edition and later reissues. Format: Vellum Medium octavo 8vo 6 12 × 9 14 in 165 × 235 mm Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Language: Latin Published By: John Norton London Condition Report: Dust Jacket: No Jacket Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Very Good - Contemporary vellum binding with expected age-wear and handling marks. A sound early seventeenth-century service-book copy retaining the strong practical character such books acquire through use. Binding: Vellum octavo 8vo approx. 6 12 × 4 38 in / 165 × 110 mm. The 1604 Norton reissue is recorded at approximately 16.5 × 11 cm with 28 unnumbered and 299 numbered leaves. Collation: 28 unnumbered leaves 299 numbered leaves; title preliminaries Psalter and final leaves. Please see Photos as part of condition report. SKU: BTETM0001743 Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2Kg Tracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request John Norton hardcover