“COME, Read & Learn” — With the Fold-Over FlapPRESENT & Cuts by ANDERSON
(Battledoor). The uncle's present, a new battledoor. Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, n.d. [ca. 1810]. 12mo (16.3 cm, 6.4"). [4] ff. (see below). [SOLD]
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Dr. R explains the unusual way in which the pages of this publication were put together: There are “[f]our leaves, the first and last pasted down to the covers, the 2 inner ones pasted together making 4 pages in all.” These four pages contain 24 letters of the alphabet, each with a “cry” illustrating it, 6 compartments to a page. Dr. R supposed the cries to be those of Newcastle or York, but Welch dissents and says they are London cries. In addition to the interior four pages, the covers are integral to the educational purpose of the publication: The front cover has a heading “Read, and be wise” and below is the alphabet in majuscules, then a center cut of sheep below a tree with children in the distance, with the numerals one to zero below the cut. Dr. R attributes this cut to A. Anderson. The rear cover has the same heading and below is the alphabet in minuscules, then a cut of horses and handlers and a building, with the alphabet in italic minuscules below, and then the numerals again.
The flap with “Come, read and learn” on the outside and the title and publication data on the inside is present and integral. It is not uncommon for this fragile flap to have been lost.
Rosenbach, Children, 428; Welch 1363; Shaw & Shoemaker 14251 and 21546; Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators, 248; Pomeroy, Alexander Anderson, 330. Publisher's olive printed paper–covered wrappers. Minor chipping to one top margin of rear cover; adhesion of olive paper from a different copy to the underside of the flap! A very few light stains. A very nice copy of this fragile item. (33551)
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A Language Closely Related to Bengali — Printed at a Mission Press In Oriya Characters
Bible. N.T. Matthew. Oriya. The Gospel by Matthew in Oriya. Cuttack: Pr. at the Mission Press, for the Crissa Baptist Mission, 1888. 32mo (12 cm, 4.75"). 128 pp. [SOLD]
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Oriya is an Indo-Aryan language “closely allied to Bengali, . . . spoken by . . . people in Orisssa, in the eastern part of the Central Provinces, in the northern part of the Madras
Presidency, and in the intervening native states” (i.e., in Bihar and Western Bengal). The Oriya character used to print “is allied to the Devanagari character” (Darlow & Moule).
The first portion of the Bible printed in the Oriya language was the N.T. in 1809. This printing of the text of Matthew is in Oriya script while the title is printed on the front wrapper in English and Oriya.
WorldCat lists only three earlier printings (1840, 1865, 1870), each with only one library reporting ownership (variously Cambridge, British Library, National Library of Chile). Clearly, however, there were many others that have either disappeared or are just not reported to WorldCat. No library reports owning this edition.
Darlow & Moule 7160 (for the 1870 printing); North & Nida, Book of a Thousand Tongues (1972), 1011. Stiff buff wrappers with cloth shelfback; some creasing/dog-earing and light soiling. Else, very nice. (40967)
Bopp, Franz. A comparative grammar of the Sanskrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, Gothic, German, and Sclavonic languages ... second edition. London & Edinburgh: Williams & Norgate; New York: B. Westermann & Co., 1860. 8vo (22.2 cm, 8.75"). 3 vols. in 1. [8], xvi, 456, [2], [457]–952, [2], [953]–1462, [2] pp. $250.00
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Second edition of Edward B. Eastwick’s translation — the first English rendition — of Bopp’s complete Grammar, which had originally appeared in German in six parts issued from 1833 through 1852. The preface notes that this second edition has been checked and approved by Professor Bopp himself, “so that numerous errors, which, from the great length of the work were perhaps hardly to be avoided in the first edition, have now been corrected.” All three parts, with their separate title-pages, are here bound into one volume.
Bopp, who studied under de Sacy in Paris, was the chair of Sanskrit at the University of Berlin and a member of the Royal Prussian Academy; his work was highly influential in developing a morphology of Indo-European languages, and indeed dominated the field of comparative linguistics for a significant portion of the 19th century.
NSTC 2B41650. Contemporary half red morocco with paper-covered sides, boards recently expertly reattached, spine with gilt-stamped title; sides and edges showing minor scuffing, spine slightly darkened. Front pastedown with bookseller’s ticket of B. Westermann & Co., private collector’s 19th-century bookplate, and institutional stamp (no other markings). Pages faintly age-toned. A sturdy copy of this hefty tome. (19171)
Brown University. Celebration of the one hundreth anniversary of the founding of Brown University, September 6th, 1864. Providence: Sidney S. Rider & Bro., 1865. 4to (26.5 cm; 10.25"). [4] ff., 178 pp., [1] f. $10,000.00
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An extra-illustrated copy. Noted 19th-century book collector, devoted Baptist, and political and civic activist Horatio Gates Jones, an honored participant in the centennial celebration at Brown, created this extra-illustrated copy of the official publication. Added as embellishments are an original copy of the broadside publication of the theses for the first commencement of the College of Rhode Island (the first name of Brown University), 19 autograph letters signed, 14 engravings (views, portraits), 15 photographs (including cartes de visite), eight clipped signatures, and 5 other items including a partially printed document from 1738.
Provenance: Horatio Gates Jones, Jr. (American, 1822–93); donated to the Crozer Theological Seminary; later deaccessioned.
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In a late 19th-century black half leather binding with red morocco spine label. Occasional library pressure-stamps. Very good condition. (25981)
Cadalso, José. Cártas marruécas y poesías seléctas. Boston: Imprenta de Munroe y Francis, 1827. 12mo (18 cm, 7.25"). 288 pp. $425.00
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First American printing of any of Cadálso's works. This edition was “[p]reparado, revisado y corregido, por F. Sales” and specifically aimed at U.S. students: “con notas y acentos de prosodia, al uso de los estudiantes en las academias, colegios y universidades de los Estado Unidos de la America Setentrional.”
Sales was an instructor of French and Spanish at Harvard, and his edition has accents on the emphasized syllable of each word even if such accents are usually absent.
Provenance: 20th-century signature in ink on front free endpaper of Francis E. Condict Ballard; earlier pencilled inscription of H.W. Rivers on front fly-leaf.
Shoemaker 28356. Contemporary sheep, spine with gilt-stamped title-label; covers and front (blank) pages expertly reattached and leather at head and foot of spine renewed. Inscriptions as above; back endpapers with pencilled missive in Spanish. Mild foxing and noticeable old water- and dampstaining, almost all marginal. A good, solid, usable copy. (8506)
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16th-CenturyBIBLIOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE
Decio, Filippo. Sermo editus per excellentissimu[m] ... Philippu[m] Deciu[m] … pro justificatione co[n]cilii Pisani nunc Mediolani reside[n]tis ... [Lyon?: Jacques Sacon?, ca.1512?]. 8vo (13.8 cm, 5.5’). [8] ff. [SOLD]
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Obscure edition — probably one of two recorded copies only — of this conciliarist speech given in defence of the notorious “Conciliabulum of Pisa” (Council of Pisa), indicted against Pope Julius II by Louis XII of France, with the assistance of four cardinals. The jurist and humanist Filippo Decio (1454–1535), siding with the King whilst upholding his own orthodoxy, was asked to produce this oration a few weeks after the beginning of the assembly, to defend the synod which was being transferred to Milan for safety reasons. Decio justified the Council as a “healthy remedy” for church reform, and argued, in the wake of the medieval conciliary tradition, for its legitimacy and authority over the Pope. Julius II excommunicated the presiding cardinals in January 1512, calling for the Fifth Lateran Council in April.
A study of the type suggests that this edition was probably printed, covertly, by Jacques Sacon in Lyon. In 1512, the cardinals had moved from Milan to Lyon; Decio too arrived in Lyon in June 1512, and, a couple of months later, two of his juridical works were printed by Sacon. Thehandsome woodcut on the title-page of this edition, which bears strong German influences, portrays cardinals, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the King of France, surmounted by the dove of the Holy Spirit . It was drawn after the woodcut on the first (probably Milanese) octavo edition of this pamphlet, ca.1511, another in quarto having been printed in Pavia.
Provenance: Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Unrecorded in Gültlingen and Baudrier. Baldacchini, “Un enigma bibliografico” discusses Decius’s other French false imprints. Index Aurel. 150.792, Perrins-Warner n.210 and Sander 2398 record only the Milan edition of ca.1511/12. 19th-century suede wrappers, a little rubbed. Title-page, verso of last leaf, and edges a trifle dusty, occasional very minor marginal foxing, text block partly loosening. Very nice. (40828)
“And Be It Further Enacted,” & “Provided Always, That” . . .
Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc. A collection of the several statutes and parts of statutes now in force, relating toHigh treason, and misprision of high treason. London: Pr. by Charles Bill, & the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1709. 12mo (15.5 cm; 6.125"). 113, [1] pp., [7] ff.; 44 pp., [2] ff. $500.00
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Publication of this treatise on high treason followed hard on the heels of the Treason Act 1708 (7 Ann c 21), by which Parliament “harmonized” the laws of high treason in “Great Britain” following the union in 1707 of England and Scotland, each of which had different and sometimes quite distinct concepts of “high treason.”
The final part of this small volume bears a title-page reading “A form and method of trial of commoners, in cases of high treason, and misprision of high treason,” with the same imprint information at the main title. (We hear that a woman tried and convicted, seeking a stay of execution because pregnant, may pray “a Jury of [12] Matrons or Motherly Women” confirm and attest the same; other data are equally particular and evocative.) While the pagination and signature markings of this final part are not continuous from A collection of several statutes, it is clear that the “two” were printed as a whole and are not separate works, although they are sometimes catalogued as if they were and are even sometimes sold as such.
Printed mostly in roman type with some italic, this has headings in gothic and some long passages also in gothic.
Provenance: 18th-century ownership signatures at top of main title-page of J.W. Tarleton and J. Skynner (both lined through), and 19th-century signature of Wm. Saunders. Oldham Free Public Library (Lancs.) stamp on verso of same.
ESTC T136807; Sweet & Maxwell 12.Ia.6 and 12.Ia.10. Late 20th-century quarter brown calf with brown stone-pattern marbled paper sides; all edges gilt. Slim waterstain in upper margin of last four leaves; same leaves foxed. Overall a very good copy. (34007)
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St. John the Less — Low German — 1485
Jacobus de Voragine. One leaf from Dat duytsche Passionae, i.e., Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia in Low German. Cologne: Ludwig von Renchen, 1485. Chancery folio (26 x 17 cm, 10.25 x 7.5"). 1 leaf. $300.00
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St. John the Less, one of the Twelve Apostles, was stoned to death when preaching in Jerusalem. On this incunable leaf, in a Low German translation from Jacobus' original Latin, are the first two pages of three of the saint's life. It is printed in double-column format in a gothic font with one large rubricated initial “I” and “guide” rubrication at the beginning of each sentence.
Provenance: From the collection of leaves assembled by the Grabhorn Press (1920–65), for their reference library.
ISTC No.ij00171000; Goff J171; GW M11405; Proctor 1262–63; Copinger 4626. Disbound, inner margin slightly irregular and discolored from glue; dust-soiled. Else, very good — indeed, quite handsome. (40785)
Editio Princeps Estienne Printing The FIRST “Grecs du Roi”
Justin, Martyr, Saint. [in Greek, romanized as] Tou hagiou Ioustinou philosophou kai martyros, Zēna kai Serēnō, Logos parainetikos pros HellēEx Officina Roberti Stephani nas. Pros Tryphōna Ioudaion dialogos. Apologia hyper Christianōn pros tēn Rhōmaiōn sygklēton [etc., i.e., Opera omnia] ... ex Bibliotheca Regia. Lutetiae: ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi Regii, Regiis typis, 1551. Median folio (34.5 cm, 13.5"). [4] ff., 311, [1] pp., [2] ff. $2000.00
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The editio princeps, printed using the first font of the “grecs du roi” (i.e., Claude Garamond's “gros-romain” font of the “grecs du roi,” as per Mortimer), and based on the manuscripts in the French Royal Library. Schreiber notes that its publication resulted in a “sensation . . . among the learned [that was] still remembered . . . over 40 years later” by Henri Estienne and noted in the preface to his edition in 1592 of Pseudo-Justinus.
Adding to the wonderful Greek typography, Robert Estienne has enhanced his text with gorgeous woodcut foliated and grotesque Greek initials and harmonious headpieces. “The edition was complete and published by Charles Esteinne after Robert's final departure for Geneva” (Schreiber).
Provenance: 18th-century bookplate of Beilby Thompson of Eserick (1742–99 ), who may famously be remembered for having gradually bought up and relocated the village of Eserick to move it away from his house. Later in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Binding: 18th-century calf in a modified Cambridge-style binding. The covers' central panels, stained black and outlined in a filigree roll, are surrounded by a wide frame of tan calf; beyond that, at the boards' edges, is a 1.5" outer border of sprinkled calf. Blind-tooled rules and beading articulate the intersections, with black(?)-stamped devices accenting the tan compartments' corners, in the speckled section, and with the chains connecting those devices to the innermost panel being also (sometimes?) blackened. The round spine has raised bands accented by gilt rules above and below each band, and a gilt-stamped label with the author's name abbreviated.
Renouard, Estienne, 79/2; Adams J494; Hoffmann, Bibliographisches Lexicon der gesamten Literatur der Griechen, II, 502–503, & 648; Shaaber, Sixteenth-century Imprints, J111; Armstrong 138, 222; Mortimer, French, II, 335; Schreiber, Estienne, 107. Bound as above, front board recently expertly reattached; endpapers chipped and front one with upper outer corner torn away. A very nice, very wide-margined copy. (40074)
Magnani, Antonio. Orazione recitata nell'Istituto delle Scienze di Bologna per la distribuzione de' premj solita farsi agli studiosi delle arti del disegno. Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1794. Large 4to (31 cm, 12.2"). [6], LXVIII (i.e., LXX) pp. $450.00
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Bodoni printing of this speech on the state of the fine arts in Italy, delivered at an award ceremony at the Accademia delle scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna and dedicated to Cardinal Archetti. Bodoni produced the only two editions of the speech ever printed, one in folio and one in quarto, the present copy being an example of the latter. The main body of the text is set in italics and the annotations in roman.
Provenance: Front pastedown with very attractive red and black bookplate of the printer-publisher Henry Tschudy; earlier 20th-century cataloguing (H.P. Kraus) laid in.
Brooks 534; De Lama, II, 92-93. 19th century plain paper–covered boards evoking vellum, spine with printed paper label; small spot of light discoloration to lower inner portion of front cover, extremities rubbed. Page edges untrimmed; one outer margin with paper flaw. A clean, wide-margined copy with an appealing provenance. (40164)
A Quack's Surprisingly Accurate Information . . . on Contraception,
Abortion, & Other “Female Things”
Mauriceau, A. M. The married woman’s private medical companion, embracing the treatment of menstruation, or monthly turns, during their stoppage, irregularity, or entire suppression. Pregnancy, and how it may be determined; with the treatment of its various diseases. Discovery to prevent pregnancy; the great and important necessity where malformation or inability exists to give birth. To prevent miscarriage or abortion. When proper and necessary to effect miscarriage. When attended with entire safety. Causes and mode of cure of barrenness, or sterility. New York: No publisher/printer, 1847. 12mo (16 cm, ). xiii, [1], 238 pp. [SOLD]
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First edition of at least thirteen. The title-page would have us believe that “Dr. A.M. Mauriceau, [was a] professor of diseases of women. [with an] Office, [at] 129 Liberty Street” in New York. In fact, “A.M. Mauriceau” was the pseudonym of either Charles R. Lohman or Joseph F. Trow, the first being the husband of Ann Lohman (elsewhere Caroline Lohman), a notorious abortionist who travelled under the name “Madame Restell,” and the second was her brother.
Let there be no doubt, Mauriceau was a quack; but his advice on women's health and hygiene, pregnancy. abortion, menstruation and its disorders, and contraception was surprisingly correct on many points.
Connie King writing in the Library Company of Philadelphia's Winter 2010 newsletter, New & Noteworthy, says of this work: “What makes this . . . tawdry book . . . [extra interesting] is its extra roles as a mail order catalog for condoms and as an advertisement for abortion services. By mailing 'Dr. Mauriceau' five dollars, one might buy a dozen condoms, and have them sent to 'any part of the United States' (p. 144). Only slightly more delicately does he offer his [or Ann Lohman's] services 'to effect miscarriage' at his office at 129 Liberty Street in New York City.”
Original publisher's fine grain dark blue cloth, covers stamped in blind, no lettering, spine sunned. A very nice copy of a famous “under the counter book.” (40370)
The New York Gubernatorial Election 1820 The Issue of Patriotism
“No Time Server,” & “Red-Jacket”. Broadside. Begins, “Of all the strange and unaccountable things which have appeared during the present electioneering campaign, the Federal Bucktail Address, which has lately been put into circulation is the most so.” New York state: no publisher/printer, 1820. Folio (34 cm, 12.75"). [1] f. (verso blank). $975.00
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A WALL POSTING of the Democratic-Republican party supporting incumbent DeWitt Clinton for Governor of New York in the 1820 elections against Vice-President Daniel D. Tompkins, the candidate of the Tammany-Virginia wing of the party. The document is a direct reply to the anti-Clinton Federal Bucktail Address (signed on 14 April 1820) and its signatories, a group of 40 men known as the “high-minded Federalists.” Named members include John Duer and Rufus King. Of particular interest is the author's contention that the group misrepresented the nature of their opposition to the War of 1812. Signed in type: “No Time Server. April 19th, 1820.”
Several lines of text at the base of the document are headed “The Seminole Federalists,” an unflattering soubriquet given to the faction of Federalists who opposed the Clinton administration. This section is signed in type, “Red-Jacket.”
Not in Shoemaker. As issued, with some later folds. Inch-long tear within first line of text, costing one word and portions of two or three letters, without affecting sense. Tear above center fold snaking five lines of text, touching letters from seven words without costing any text. Thumbnail-sized chip in center, affecting portions of three lines and costing several complete words but little sense. Lightly foxed. (24635)
Popular CONDUCT Book for FRENCH Schoolchildren — Scarce Printing
Pibrac, Guy du Faur, seigneur de. La civilité puerile et honneste pour l'instruction des enfans. Troyes: Jean Garnier, [ca. 1750]. 16mo (16 cm, 6.29"). 87, [1], 8 pp. $600.00
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Uncommon edition: a popular, widely used primer inspired by Erasmus's De civilitate morum puerilium, here in an 18th-century French version “de nouveau corrigé, & augmentée à la fin d'un très-beau Traité pour bien apprendre l'Ortographe.” Sometimes attributed to Mathurin Cordier, the work covers appropriate modes of conduct at church, in school, at the dining table, etc.; also present are a multiplication table and the 126 “Quatrains,” four-line instructive verse maxims written by Pibrac. Almost all of the text — which is decorated with ornamental capitals and headpieces — is set inthe famous typeface modelled after 16th-century cursive letters and nicknamed “caractères de civilité” in honor of the present work, making the book pedagogically useful both as a guide to good manners and as a pattern for formal handwriting.
While the various approbations and permissions are dated 1714, 1735, and 1736, Jean Garnier did not succeed his father Pierre in the publishing business until the early 1750s — and the family members who followed Pierre (including Jean's mother, the Veuve Garnier; Jean himself; and his sons Jean-Antoine and Etienne) had a documented habit of stretching royal permissions past their originally intended spans. Whatever year it was when Jean reprinted this textbook from Pierre's stock,both the original and this version are now scarce: WorldCat finds no institutional locations anywhere reporting holding the edition with Jean Garnier's imprint, and only one holding each of the printings from Pierre Garnier and the Veuve Garnier.
Provenance: From the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
This ed. not in Brunet, Graesse, Gumuchian, WorldCat. Later plain paper–covered light boards; spine and joints lightly worn. Some leaves trimmed closely, occasionally touching first or last letters or headers; a few pages with minor staining. One page unevenly inked by printer, with about a dozen words only faintly legible. Overall an unusually clean, fresh copy of this seldom-seen edition, clearly untouched by youthful hands. (40737)
Ris, Cornelis. De geloofsleere der waare Mennoniten of Doopsgezinden. Hoorn: T. Tjallingius, 1766. 4to (21 cm, 8.25"). [2], xxxiv, xviii, [2], 194 pp. $1500.00
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First edition: Mennonite articles of faith as expressed by prominent preacher Ris (1717–90), in an attempt to reconcile liberal and orthodox views. This work was deeply influential in the American Mennonite tradition, though not as widely adopted in the Netherlands. The present example is an uncut copy.
Provenance: The title-page verso bears a limitation statement “De Auteur erkent geene exemplaren voor echt, dan die dus, eigenhandig, door hem zelf, getekend zyn”signed, “C. Ris.” Title-page recto has signature of American scholar and collector Howard Osgood.
Springer-Klassen 5102. Later limp speckled paper wrappers, spine reinforced with cloth tape, in buckram-covered slipcase with author and date gilt-stamped on spine, remnants of shelving label. Front and back free endpapers partially excised. Title-page institutionally pressure-stamped, with early inked ownership inscription between two lines of title. Lightly cockled, outer corners curled; occasional light foxing, more pronounced towards back of volume. (31093)
A Parish SODALITY Open Equally toMen & Women; A Very HANDSOME Certificate
San Sebastián Martir [Atzacoalco]. Parish. Mexico. [drop-title] Patente de la congregación fundada en la parrochia del inclyto Martyr S. Sebastian de Mexico ... Mexico: No publisher/printer, ca. 1760]. Folio (31 cm, 12.5"). [2] ff. [SOLD]
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On 4 April 1761 Juana Maria Francisca Altamira joined this sodality founded in the parish of San Sebastian Martir in Mexico City. She paid her 25 pesos and was given this very handsome 3-page certificate of membership.
On its first page is the Patent establishing the organization's “contract,” which is the usual one in such cases: Members contribute money and, upon their deaths, the congregación will take care of their funeral expenses and the corresponding masses. Much less “as usual,”this sodality accepts women, while also noting that it doesn't admit elderly people, pregnant women, or sick people.
The second and third pages establish the indulgences that are to be given to the members of the sodality. On the blank back of the third page, a manuscript note records it that the owner of this patent has died and that a payment of 25 pesos was made to her family.
The elegant and elaborate first, “Patente” page is bordered on three sides by printer's ornaments and above the main text, within these, isan exquisite large engraving by Jose Morales of Mary flanked by two male saints, St. Sebastian with his arrows (on her left) and St. Joseph with his blooming staff (on her right). Above her in a cloud is Christ with a chalice and holding the Host.
Minor worm meander in all leaves in one small area affecting the engraving and a small portion of the interior text. Very good condition, with all manuscript additions legible (including signatures) and with the paper seal intact. (41002)
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United BCPwith aWestminster Abbey Fore-EdgeView
United Church of England and Ireland. Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the 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. London: Pub. for John Reeves (pr. by W. Bulmer), 1802. 8vo (24 cm, 9.5"). vi, [694] pp. $750.00
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There were minor differences between the Prayer Books of the Church of England and the Church of Ireland up until 1801, the year that the churches merged; the various 1801 BCPs were the first to use the “United Church” designation. John Reeves had been appointed king's printer in 1800, and edited his own version of the BCP, of which this is the second edition; the separate title-page following the preliminary matter is dated 1801. (That preliminary matter, offering historical and liturgical commentary, is extensive and interesting.)
Fore-edge: This beautiful example bears a subtly shaded (and therefore hard to photograph)fore-edge paintingshowing Westminster Abbey in the background behind a waterfront view with sailboats.
Binding: Full straight-grain dark olive green morocco, covers framed in elegant feather and pearl twist gilt roll, turn-ins with floral gilt roll. Stone-pattern marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
Griffiths, Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer, 1802/1. Binding as above, mild rubbing overall with some abraded areas consolidated, joints and extremities subtly repaired, aesthetically appropriate endbands supplied. Title-page with inked ownership inscription dated 1803, “The gift of my beloved husband.” Intermittent faint spots of foxing, mostly confined to early leaves. One inked marginal annotation in an early hand, three psalms (145–47) with small inked emphasis marks, pages otherwise clean. (28715)
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