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; The Whole book of Psalms: Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches University of Oxford: Printed by John Baskett 1720 [BOUND with] The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and The New; newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and With the former Translations diligently Compared and Revised By His Majesties Special Command Appointed to be Read in Churches University of Oxford: Printed by John Baskett 1719

Church of England; Holy Bible; John Baskett

Verlag: University of Oxford: John Baskett London: Printed by S Collins, 1719

Beschreibung

University of Oxford: John Baskett; London: S Collins for the Company of Stationers, 1720, 1719 and 1720. Full Leather. Three works in one volume: I) 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. University of Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, MDCCXX [1720]. II) The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New; Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesties Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. University of Oxford, Printed by John Baskett, MDCCXIX, 1719. [Separate title page to the New Testament]. III) The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others. Conferred with the Hebrew. Set Forth and Allowed to be Sung in all Churches, of all the People Together, before and after Morning and Evening Prayer, and also before and after Sermons; and moreover in Private Houses for their godly Solace and Comfort, laying apart all ungodly Songs and Ballads, which tend only to the Nourishing of Vice, and Corrupting of Youth. Printed by S. Collins, for the Company of Stationers, MDCCXX [1720]. Notes: The Apocrypha is included; The New Testament has a separate title page. Bound in late 18th or early 19th-century English full maroon morocco leather, heavily worn, worn to the joints, gilt titles to the spine. Title page for the Book of Common Prayer is worn with loss (see photos) and with a frontispiece which is pasted on to a new sheet of paper. Title page for the Holy Bible present and dated 1719 (ditto for the New Testament). The whole volume collated with the above faults. Tanned, foxed and marked throughout, with marginal closed tears. Signatures: Book of Common Prayer A to H in gatherings of 8, I in gathering of 4; Old Testament A to Tt in gatherings of 8, Vv in gathering of 4; Apocrypha A to K in gatherings of 8; New Testament A to N in gatherings of 8, O in gathering of 4; Index A to E in gathering of 4; Psalms A to E in gatherings of 4, G in gathering of 2. With 187 plates. Page Aa8 torn with loss (see photo) to the gutter, inside corner missing. Provenance: bookplate for Marianne Elizabeth Hodges, annotated extensively to the end papers, the frontispiece and 3 loosely inserted sheets of paper giving the Hodges family tree. Approximately 10 ¼ tall by 7 ¾ wide by 3 ¾ inches wide. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, worn and rubbed with loss. Joints good condition worn, intact. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition gilt decorated coarse grained morocco. Page edges good condition gilt decorated. See above and photos. Internally Hinges fair to good condition cracking to the hinge, leather intact. Paste downs good condition brown, leather bookplate for Hodges. End papers good condition brown, thereafter heavily annotated. Title good condition Common Prayer title page heavily worn with loss to the edges, tanned and foxed with marks. Pages good condition see comments above in Description. Binding good condition worn but attractive. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1719 Binding: Hardback.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: 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; The Whole book of Psalms: Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches University of Oxford: Printed by John Baskett 1720 [BOUND with] The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and The New; newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and With the former Translations diligently ...
• Verlag: University of Oxford: John Baskett London: Printed by S Collins
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1719
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Good