Description
In the video Above – Paul Tripp talking about the Book of Common Prayer.
The Book Of Common Prayer 1781 Leather Bound Book.
Oxford
Printed at the Clarendon Press,
By W. Jackson and and A. Pxxmilton, Printers to the University:
And sold by W. Davyson, at the Oxford Bible Warehouse,
Paternoster Row, London. 1781.
Antique leather-bound book with various parts and two title pages. Impressed gilt decoration to covers, raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. gilt trim to cover edges inside and out. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Some decorative head and tail pieces. Most pages not numbered.
Condition: Good. Covers worn at top & tail spine and corners bumped & rubbed through. Lacks front marbled ep, starts with the title page for BCP as shown. Gilt edges much faded, mostly visible fore-edges. Pages missing: Articles of Religion ends partway through Article 34 & is followed page entitled The Preface, as shown – I think only a very few pages would be missing but, of course, I cannot be sure. A few pages a bit loose, but most pages intact and firmly held. Some page age-browned & worn, a few letters lost in a minority of cases. Offsetting to a minority of pages. The first rear ep (not the marbled one) has been half torn away leaving half of old old ink calligraphic signature. Little foxing. Pages age-toned. May have minor faults not specifically described. See all photos for condition.
Contains: A Companion to the Altar; Prayers and Meditations; one page being a list :Books lately printed for T. Beecroft, at No. 23 Paternoster Row.
Dimensions: Approx. 3 3/4 inches x approx. 6 inches x approx. 1 3/8 inch thick.
Shipping Weight: Approx.4.5 pounds.
Title: The Book of Common Prayer
Format/binding: Leather binding-Five Raised Bands
Book condition: Used Antique – Good
Publisher: W. Jackson and A. Hamilton
Date Published: 1771 -1782
Size: Octavo
1781 Book Of Common Prayer
