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[Church of England].
The Book of Common Prayer, [bound with] Psalter or Psalms of David, [and] A Companion to the Altar, [and] The Whole Book of Psalms [Sammelband of four works of Anglican divinity, bound for a woman].
Publisher: Various, Oxford, London,
Date of Publication: 1828
Stock Code: 15208
Octavo. A presentation binding of full straight-grain crimson morocco; spine on five raised bands; frames in blind to compartments; titled in gilt to spine; ‘Ann Pendlebury 1830’ lettered in gilt to upper board within frame of blind and gilt rules, ornamental corner-pieces in gilt; all edges gilt; silk place-marker; citron end-papers. ‘Bequeathed to Mrs Stuart Harrop, Nov 28th 1859’ to verso of front free end-paper; genealogical notes on the Harrops and Pendleburys in pencil dated ‘Rowbotham 1929’ to initial blank; ‘Richard Giles, Cuddesdon College, Oxford, Lent Term 1964’ in blue ink to front free end-paper; two pages of manuscript Latin prayers in red and black ink pasted to rear end-papers. Four imprints: [1] [Church of England]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1828. ‘Great primer’ octavo, unpaginated, sig., A-2Q⁸. [2] [Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge]. A Companion to the Altar: Shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, in Order to our Worthy Receiving Holy Communion: Wherein those fears and scruples about eating and drinking unworthily, and incurring our own damnation thereby, are proved groundless and unwarrantable. London: Printed for C. & J. Rivington, 1828. Octavo, pp., 48. [3] Sternhold, Thomas; Hopkins, John, et. al. The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre. Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press, 1826. ‘Stereotype edition’. Octavo, pp., 118. [4] Tate, N. and Brady, N. A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press, 1829. Octavo, pp., 94, [2] index. Slight shelf-wear to extremities, binding otherwise bright and strong. Tear to penultimate leaf, contents otherwise clean and in good order. An excellent copy. A handsome and very well preserved Book of Common Prayer with supplementary imprints not issued with the original publication, almost certainly presented as a gift to one Ann Pendlebury. A very bright copy with an interesting trail of provenance. £285.00