Author : Year of publication: 1697 Format: Hardback Signature: No First edition :No Condition: Very Good Category: Bibles / religion Cost of book: £750 Price negotiable: Yes
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1697 Book of Common Prayer & Psalms of David Rare Leather w Gold accents Raised Bands on Spine Large Folio size 9 x 7 1/2" 315 YEARS OLD!!Very Good Condition Pages are mildly discolored & show some wear as expected for age Tight binding ORIGINAL FULL LEATHER. EXTREMITIES WORN AND BOARDS SHOW SOME RUBBING BUT OVERALL GOOD. HINGES HOLD WELL.NOTE**2 inch square loss of paper at bottom corner affecting a couple of verses of psalm 77 & 78.1st blank page before title pg. has light child's pencil scribbling Nick out of Leather on Bottom of spine (see pic)PUBLISHED 1697 by CHARLES BILL "Printers to The King's Most Excellent Majesty."- Unpaginated (c.150pp)Beautiful Marbled end pages/paste downs front & Back2 Bookplates with Coat of Arms(from my research I believe surnames of Parsons & Hewitt)from title page: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