Book of Common Prayer

The Booke of Common Prayer, and Adminstration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England. Robert Barker, 1604, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, Psalms with special title page within woodcut border [McKerrow and Ferguson 167], woodcut initials, seventeenth-century calf, letter to Mendham from Sotheby Wilkinson dated 1852 loosely inserted, [STC 16327; Mendham C212], upper cover detached, binding worn; The Booke of Common Prayer...Robert Barker, 1611, title page and calendar in red and black and within woodcut border [McKerrow and Ferguson 165], Psalter with special title page within woodcut border dated 1610, seventeenth-century calf with Royal arms in gilt on covers, [STC 16335.5; Mendham C213], some leaves repaired, some headlines cropped, tear to corner of Ee2 slightly affecting text, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked, binding worn at edges; 1627 edition, title in red and black within same woodcut border, Psalms with title page, contemporary calf gilt, central gilt lozenge on covers, [STC 16369.3; Mendham C214], title torn and repaired, some staining, further repairs, lacking two leaves at the end, rebacked; these two 4to; together with 1662 edition, folio, [Wing B3622; Mendham C216], with ownership signature of Jane Thynne, dated 1718; all black letter, various sizes (4)

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