300 Year Old Tortoiseshell Tortoise Shell Binding - The Book of Common Prayer And Administration of The Sacraments And Other Rites and Ceremonies of The Church According to the Use of the Church of England Together With the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons. Bound With Hymns Ancient and Modern [Later Edition – Tortoise Shell / Tortoiseshell Binding]

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Verlag: Printed at the University Press; London: Henry Frowde; London: William Clowes and Son Limited (Hymns), Oxford

Beschreibung

Oxford: Printed at the University Press; London: Henry Frowde; London: William Clowes and Son Limited (Hymns), 1900s.
Tortoise shell / tortoiseshell architectural binding, cracked with loss, two original metal clasps, said (according to the inscription) to be 300 years old, originally bound on an old Dutch Bible, now on a Book of Common Prayer. With metal pins to the shell joints, and architectural imagery blind impressed on to the shell boards.
Modern book of Common Prayer now housed within the tortoiseshell covers.
Inscription to the front of the volume states:
?The tortoise shell binding is 200 years old. It was originally bound on an old Dutch Bible.?
Pagination: Book of Common Prayer ? Unpaginated; Hymns Ancient and Modern ? 588, 64pp.
Provenance: inscription ?To my dear wife July 31 1912, Basil Ciothgiall (?).
Approximately 5 ¾ inches (14.5cm) tall.

Condition Report
Externally
? Spine ? fair to good condition ? 7 raised bands, textured and plain tortoiseshell, cracked to the top right of the spine, cracked with loss to the top and base of the spine ? see photos.
? Joints ? good condition ? metal joint to the front and rear, sound, some cracking to the spine element of the joints.
? Corners ? good condition ? sound.
? Boards ? good condition ? architectural imagery burnt into the boards, boards sound, with metal clasps to the front.
? Page edges ? good condition ? all gilt.
? Binding ? good condition ? attractive.
? See above and photos.
Internally
? Hinges ? good condition ? intact.
? Paste downs ? good condition ? new (1912) silk paste downs.
? End papers ? good condition ? new (1912) silk end papers, darkened.
? Title ? good condition ? lightly tanned.
? Pages ? good condition ? clean and bright on thin paper.
? See photos.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1771330153190

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: 300 Year Old Tortoiseshell Tortoise Shell Binding - The Book of Common Prayer And Administration of The Sacraments And Other Rites and Ceremonies of The Church According to the Use of the Church of England Together With the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons. Bound With Hymns Ancient and Modern [Later Edition ? Tortoise Shell / Tortoiseshell Binding]
• Verlag: Printed at the University Press; London: Henry Frowde; London: William Clowes and Son Limited (Hymns), Oxford
• Sprache: Englisch
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Befriedigend