BOOK OF COMMON PRAYERMareMagnum
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8vo., title and text in red and black throughout, three contemporary inscriptions on blank front preliminary, some mild and inoffensive spotting and dust-soiling; contemporary full pebble-grain roan, sides with triple frame border in blind, back with five bands ruled in blind, second compartment lettered in gilt, gilt edges, primrose endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the mid-nineteenth century trade ticket of Day of Melton on front free endpaper verso. Bright copy of an elegant mid-nineteenth century edition with large, clear type and broad margins. Griffiths 1842/7.
8vo., on laid paper, top and bottom margins closely trimmed with a few page headings shaved (more so in the Psalter), some very light and occasional age-browning; nineteenth century navy blue full calf, sides with double frame border in gilt enclosing triple frame border in blind, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt and blind, all edges gilt, board edges tooled in gilt, doublures tooled in blind, yellow endpapers, boards very lightly age-marked else an unusually well-preserved, crisp, clean copy. With a bookplate on front paste-down.
8vo., on laid paper, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some very light and occasional age-browning; most attractively bound in contemporary panelled calf, back with five raised bands, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, covers mildly age-worn else a very good, clean copy with broad margins. With nineteenth century record in MS of members of the Crowther family on rear endpaper.
16mo., some light and unobtrusive age-browning; most attractively bound in black full grained calf, sides with triple Oxford frame in gilt, back with five flat bands tooled and ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an arabesque, all edges gilt, doublures ruled in gilt, chocolate endpapers, covers very lightly age-scuffed else a remarkably bright, clean copy. Reeves was a Patentee of the Office of King's Printer. The Psalter is separately titled; both Prayers and Psalter are unpaginated. The text is occasionally cropped close at top but always without loss. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF LADY SOPHIA TOWER (NEE CUST/BROWNLOW) AND BEARS HER HOLOGRAPH MAIDEN SIGNATURE ON BLANK PRELIMINARY RECTO, AND THE FINE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF CHRISTOPHER & LADY SOPHIA TOWER ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Lady Tower was born Sophia Cust/Brownlow on 14 April 1811, the daughter of John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow and Sophia Hume. She married Christopher Theron Tower on 10 February 1836. Lady Tower died on 21 December 1882 at the age of 71. A CHARMING EXAMPLE OF NNETEENTH CENTURY PERSONAL COMMON PRAYER WITH BOTH MAIDEN AND MARRIED OWNERSHIP MARKS. A LOVELY COPY WITH DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE AND WHOLLY UNRESTORED PERIOD BINDING
32mo., strongly bound in black calf, back with five raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, gilt edges, boards with brass frame edges and closure clasp, gilt doublures, primrose endpapers, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Edition code: Nonpareil 32mo. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Roy. 8vo., with title in red and black, text in red and black within red frame surmounted by running heads in red, neat contemporary memorial inscription on front free endpaper, some light age-soiling, one or two leaves with short closed tears, some very occasional annotation; attractively bound in contemporary full roan, sides framed in blind, back with five raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in blind, bevelled boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, very neatly recased, covers very lightly rubbed at extremities else a very good, bright copy. With two neatly typewritten lessons (Judith xiii, 18 and Luke i, 41) mounted on blank rear preliminaries. A nice copy of a late Victorian Pulpit Communion with large type suited to public address. A most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
8vo., First Edition thus; original brown cloth boards, ivory cloth back gilt, red edges, covers lightly age-worn as usual else a very good, bright copy. Scarce.
1716WRCLIT65887London: Printed by Stephen Gilbert for the Company of Stationers 1716. Not paginated: a-b8c4B - 2B8 2C4 40392pp; A-I8 144pp. Octavo. Bound in full contemporary black morocco raised bands heavily gilt compartments covers enclosed within triple- rule and decorated inner and outer border of floral devices a.e.g. Text printed in black only but ruled in red. BCP extra-illustrated with 55 plates see below. Some of the plates are browned some spotting and erosion to fore-margins of L4-8 and Y1-8 in one case costing a few words some occasional thumbing some natural vertical creases to the spine 1723 gift inscription on binder's blank otherwise a good copy. An attractive octavo printing of the Prayer Book by Baskett here the less common variant of that year printed in black only but ruled in red. It has been extra illustrated with the suite of 55 engravings by Sturt after Veigne including the portrait and engraved extra title published by R.W. Whitledge and I. Hazard. Sturt's own fully engraved edition of the BCP appeared the same year. GRIFFITHS 1716.4. ESTC T127517 & T82248 Psalms. Printed by Stephen Gilbert, for the Company of Stationers hardcover books
1616WRCLIT66045A Londres: Par Iehan Bill imprimatur du Roy 1616. 544pp. A-E4 2A-2R4; A-Z3 plus blank. Quarto. Contemporary armorial calf. Titles within woodcut borders decorated initials contemporary typographic wastesheets utilized in binding. Light smear to 2H1v occasional marginal tidemarks a couple signatures starting covers splayed and a bit discolored lower joint split early ink ownership inscription on front binder's blank more annotations on verso of rear binder's blank marginal flaw in fore-edge of 2E4; still if one elected to discard the remaining not insignificant vestigial virtues of the original binding a copy that could be rendered fairly agreeable if placed in modern dress. First edition of the first French translation of the 1603 King James I Prayer Book translated by Pierre de Laune past of the French Reformed congregation in Norwich. The translation was "originally commissioned by James I to promote a royal marriage between Henry Prince of Wales d. 1612 with the French princess Christine; some years later the project was revived in connection with the marriage of Charles Prince of Wales & Princess Henrietta Maria of France ." - Griffiths. The section of the Psalms has its own woodcut decorated title-leaf 2R4. Although common enough institutionally -- ESTC locates eleven copies in North America spread over 8 locations - the last perfect copy noted in ABPC is the Evelyn copy 1977 with only one other appearance following that a copy lacking a blank and one text leaf GRIFFITHS 36.2 STC 16431. ESTC S108736. Par Iehan Bill, imprimatur du Roy unknown books
1764WRCLIT65827Londres but possibly Amsterdam: Chez P. Vaillant & J. Nourse dans le Strand 1764. xlix1438pp. plus frontis and fifty-one inserted engraved plates. 12mo. Full contemporary olive green morocco raised bands compartments gilt with cross- hatching covers with rolled leaf and flower borders surrounding a central compass-like device of leaves stems and buds a.e.g. marbled endsheets. Text leaves adjacent to inserted plates somewhat foxed foretips bumped otherwise a very good copy. One of two impressions of 1764 under Vaillant's imprint that ESTC suggests might have been printed in Amsterdam the other without Nourse's co-imprint. The first Vaillant edition cited by Griffiths is dated 1748 with editions dated 1776 1778 1780 and 1788 following. This copy has been extra- illustrated with the suite of appropriate engravings by G.L. Smith published in London in 1773 by William Dawson Pater-noster Row evidently just for this purpose the plate utilized here for the frontis bears a caption and Dawson's dated imprint. ESTC locates only four copies with this dual imprint and ten with Vaillant's name alone. GRIFFITHS 36:25. ESTC 142212. Chez P. Vaillant & J. Nourse dans le Strand hardcover books
1665WRCLIT65562Cambridge: Exetypothe par'; Ioannou Phieldou i.e. J. Field . 1665. 35126; 2171pp. 12mo. Contemporary unlettered calf. Cambridge crest on second title-page. Hinges cracked but cords sound extremities worn contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage and free endsheet some spotting to A3-4 and minor soiling elsewhere; a good sound copy. The first or second edition of this translation into Greek by the Cambridge classicist James Duport 1606 - 79 of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer and the Psalms. The two titles are usually found bound together as in the present copy. Blank Q4 is present. ESTC locates another edition of the same year from an entirely new setting priority not declared. ESTC R204258 & R204259. WING B3632 & B2720A. GRIFFITH 45:3. Exetypothe par'; Ioannou Phieldou [i.e. J. Field] .. unknown books
1670WRCLIT65539London: excudit Rogerus Nortonus regius in Latinis Græcis & Hebraicis typographus; væneuntque apud Sam. Mearne regium bibliopolam in vico vulgariter dicto Little-Britaine 1670. 382pp. plus preliminary blank leaf. Contemporary speckled calf raised bands spine gilt extra. Upper joint cracked at top and bottom; corners worn shallow loss at crown and toe of spine a few minor marginal smudges front free endsheet nearly loose contemporary ownership inscriptions on endsheets with ink name in margin of title- page but internally a very good copy. Second edition of this version of Book of Common Prayer in Latin for the Anglican Church edited by John Durel who signs the dedication "J.D. Editor." First printed in 1669 this is one of two variants of the 1670 printing noted by ESTC in this case with the imprint in five lines ending with 'Little- Britaine." The translation was initially undertaken by John Earle John Pearson and John Dolben but they withdrew before the work was complete and Durel later Dean of Windsor completed it. ESTC locates four copies of this variant in North America and nine of the four line variant. ESTC R17750. WING B3637B. GRIFFITHS 87.10. excudit Rogerus Nortonus, regius in Latinis, Græcis & Hebraicis typographus; væneuntque apud Sam. Mearne, regium bibliopolam i hardcover books
1639WRCLIT66472London: Imprinted . by Robert Barker . and by the Assignes of John Bill 1639. A8 /-A5 B6. Folio. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Minuscule worm penetration in upper margin some soiling in margin of B5 lower extremity of gutter a bit ragged with some old soiling but a good copy. An uncommon separate printing of the Ordinal one of several printings by Barker and his assignes in this format made beginning in 1596. ESTC S123385. STC 16478. Imprinted ... by Robert Barker ... and by the Assignes of John Bill unknown books
1707WRCLIT65772London: Impresso por G. Bowyer Acosta de Fran. Coggan . 1707. 456pp. A8; b8; B-2D8; 2E4. Octavo. Old paneled calf gilt label. Upper joint cracked but cords sound shallow losses at crown and toe of spine front free endsheets detached one with early ink name small tidemark with red tinge at toe of gutter of last third of textblock modest tanning and foxing otherwise a good copy. The second edition of the Book of Common Prayer in Spanish printing a revised translation by Felix Anthony de Alvorado the minister to a congregation of Spanish merchants in London. Darlow & Moule suggest the translation was not so much a new undertaking as a simple revision and updating of Texeda's translation. It was reprinted with corrections in 1715. ESTC locates seven copies in North America. GRIFFITHS 162.2. ESTC T140403. DARLOW & MOULE II:8482n. Impresso por G. Bowyer, Acosta de Fran. Coggan ... unknown books
106783London: printed by John Baskett and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills 1715. Folio 380 23 3 pp. unpaginated text ends on Aaa4 as per ESTC. Engraved frontispiece by Loggan after Caspars. Title-page printed in red and black ruled in red throughout. Contemporary red morocco covers tooled in gilt with a wide scrolled border central gilt block of the arms of the Duke of Chandos backstrip richly gilt gilt edges a lovely binding of the period in the style of Mearne skillfully restored at head and foot and along joints. Armorial bookplate of John van Hatten. § Lovely prayer book bound for James Brydges 1st Duke of Chandos 1674-1744. It once rested on an embroidered cushion in the Duke and Duchess's private pew in his magnificent chapel at Cannons described by the architect Gibbs as "the finest in England." The centerpiece of the elaborately-tooled binding is the Duke's gilt arms supported by two otters beneath a ducal coronet. Four other bindings with the block are recorded by the British Armorial Bindings database. Full description and provenance available on request. ESTC T81463. printed by John Baskett unknown books
32mo., small neat contemporary inscriptions on front free endpaper and blank preliminary; original full calf, sides with brass frame enclosing multiple frame border in blind, back with five raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, , all edges gilt, chocolate endpapers, original and elaborate brass clasp, a near fine copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. A BRIGHT, CRISP COPY.
48mo., contemporary full roan, sides with double frame border in blind, back with four raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, gilt edges, ivory endpapers, multiple silk markers, corners lightly bruised else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding. This scarce edition measures just 3.75 x 2.0 inches (approx. 85 x 55 cms).
16mo., blank preliminaries very lightly spotted; original black full calf, sides with double Oxford frame in blind, back with four raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt ['Church Services'], all other compartments tooled and ruled in blind, all edges red, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy. A remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy.
48mo., Diamond text in double column, nineteenth century name elaborately calligraphed in colour on front free endpaper, upper hinge partially exposed (but binding entirely sound); original faux-ivory boards framed in brass, leather back lettered and tooled in gilt, gilt edges (dust-soiled), primrose endpapers, ORIGINAL BRASS CLASP PRESENT), a bright, crisp copy. Printing code: Diamond 48mo. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
48mo., Minion text, nineteenth century and later signatures on front free endpaper; full roan, boards framed in brass, back with flat bands lettered in gilt, gilt edges, primrose endpapers, upper and lower portions of clasp present (wanting striker as often), a remarkably bright, crisp copy. Printing code: Minion 32g. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
48mo, on India Paper, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; dark brown cloth, covers framed in blind, gilt back, gilt edges, chocolate endpapers, a near fine copy. Edition code: Ruby 48mo. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
32mo, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; strongly bound in original faux-morocco cloth, back with five raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt direct, gilt top, gilt doublures, primrose endpapers, joints mildly rubbed else a very good, bright, firm copy. Edition code: Minion 32s. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1893110821Folio. New York: Printed for the Committee 1893. Folio 28 566 2 pp. Original richly gold-stamped parchment over boards brass clasps gilt top small nick at the foot of the upper cover otherwise an excellent copy of a binding often found soiled. Bookplate of Syracuse Public Library at front. § Limited to 500 copies and one copy on vellum plus a few copies signed by Morgan and others. The first Updike prayer book printed by De Vinne with the binding and border designs throughout the book by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Printed in red and black with borders to every page this stately folio in a striking binding is quite a contrast to Updike’s second prayer book of 1930. Page Common Prayer page LVIII. Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1893.7. Gewirtz But one Use 96. With a copy of the 1893 4pp. pamphlet: "On the Decorations of the Limited Edition of the Standard Prayer Book of 1892" by D. B. Updike printed at the De Vinne Press laid in as usual. Printed for the Committee hardcover books
179357674Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1793. (+) London, M. Brown, 1793. Small 8vo. Contemp. full red morocco. Richly gilt spine. Gilt border on covers with gilt cornerpieces, large gilt centerpieces. Inner gilt borders. All edges gilt. Well preserved.
1872116265Paris Librairie militaire de J. Dumaine 1872 1 vol. relié fort vol. in-8, demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs, VI + 784 pp., 13 croquis dans le texte. Edition originale française traduite par E. Costa de Serda. Ouvrage destiné à introduire et compléter le volume de Wilhelm von Blume consacré aux opérations des armées allemandes après la bataille de Sedan jusqu'à la fin de la guerre. Manquent les 8 planches. Epidermures au dos. Exemplaire en bonne condition, relié au XXe siècle. Peu courant.
