Lot 72
  • 72

Book of Common Prayer

Estimate
400 - 600 USD
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Description

  • The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments. London: John Baskett, and the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, 1716
  • ink and paper
8vo (6 x 3 1/2 in.; 152 x 88 mm). Woodcut royal arms; some spotting and light browning throughout. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, remains of silver clasps and catches; joints and edges worn.

Accompanied by: 

The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament and the New. (Cleveland: World Publishing, [1965]), being a facsimile of the 1611 first impression of the King James Bible. Calf antique, original board slpcase; joints rubbed. No. 16 of an edition of 1,500 copies. 


Condition

8vo (6 x 3 1/2 in.; 152 x 88 mm). Woodcut royal arms; some spotting and light browning throughout. Contemporary blindruled calf, remains of silver clasps and catches; joints and edges worn. Accompanied by: The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament and the New. (Cleveland: World Publishing, [1965]), being a facsimile of the 1611 first impression of the King James Bible. Calf antique, original board slpcase; joints rubbed. No. 16 of an edition of 1,500 copies.
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