The Book of Common Prayer... Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David... and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons
London: printed by John Baskett... and by the Assigns of Henry Hills, decease'd, 1727. Later edition. Hardcover. Three parts, folio in fours (38 by 24 cm). [380], 23, [3, table] pp; text in two columns. Additional engraved title page; main title in red and black; woodcut initials and ornaments. Contemporary two-tone paneled calf, triple-ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands, elaborately tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece; gilt inner dentelles; marbled endleaves; all edges gilt. Covers very lightly scuffed, with mild traces of wear at extremities; upper joint just starting at top; occasional touches of mild (mostly marginal) foxing. A very good, or better copy, complete and handsomely bound.
An uncommon and beautifully printed edition of the Book of Common Prayer, "the first single manual of worship in a vernacular language directed to be used universally by, and common to, both priest and people" (Carter and Muir). Despite early revisions and some major alterations following the Restoration, the original simplicity of the language has been presevered, the text remaining substantially unaltered since 1662. Very good+. Item #55069
References: ESTC N67554 (locates only 4 copies). Cf. Carter & Muir, Printing and the Mind of Man, 75 (ed. 1549). Collation: [pi]1 a-c4 A-Aaa4 Bbb2 (= 203 leaves).
Price: $2,750.00