Scottish wheel binding Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. Oxford: printed by the University-printers, 1712. 8vo (19.5 x 11.6cm), black morocco with gilt tooling in the 'Scottish wheel' style, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, with 53 hand-coloured plates (of 55?), with additional engraved title page ‘The Liturgy of the Church of England’ (London: Sturt and Nutt, 17??), and engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Anne, binding worn at extremities in particular corner tips, textblock with toning and spotting [ESTC T182599]
Provenance:
19th-century presentation inscription from Rev. William Valentine to George Henzell Wawn on verso of front free endpaper.
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. Oxford: printed by the University-printers, 1712. 8vo (19.5 x 11.6cm), black morocco with gilt tooling in the 'Scottish wheel' style, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, with 53 hand-coloured plates (of 55?), with additional engraved title page ‘The Liturgy of the Church of England’ (London: Sturt and Nutt, 17??), and engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Anne, binding worn at extremities in particular corner tips, textblock with toning and spotting [ESTC T182599]
Provenance:
19th-century presentation inscription from Rev. William Valentine to George Henzell Wawn on verso of front free endpaper.
