Victorian prayer book (2 risultati)

A very good 19th century prayer book. Full leather binding and brass clasp in working order. 12mo. 4.75" x 3.0" x 0.75". pp.472. Brown morocco binding. Front board with gilt titles: "Consecutive Common Prayer."; and gilt crest: "C. T." [Tyalor Family]; and motto: "Plus Ultr" ( A shortened form of "Ne Plus Ultra" ). each board with brass edging and central brass clasp. All page edges bright gilt. Original pale yellow endpapers. Neat dedication to front free-endpaper: "Caroline Taylor Sept. 1863, from her affectionate husband A.S.T." The text is re-arranged, and the rubrics and Occasional Offices are omitted; ".so as to avoid the inconvenience of turning repeatedly from one part of the Book to another.". Clean text throughout. A very good copy of a scarce printing.…

A very good pocket prayer book, carefully restored, with modern velvet covers, preserving the original pierced brass corners and clasps. All page edges with intricate gilt gauffered decoration enhanced by fore-edge painting of ecclesiastical images. The prayer book measures: 6.0" x 4.0" x 1.5". A very good binding. Crimson velvet covered boards and spine The brass clasps are in working order. Original ivory coloured silk endpapers, with in a worn velvet border. Binder's stamp to base of front endpaper: "E. A. Suttaby, Binders, London". The Prayer Book (dated 1844), bound with "A New Version Of The Psalms Of David." (dated 1844). Clean text throughout, all pages within a red ruled frame. A well preserved example.…