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1912 · rif. 717 — Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press 1912. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. lvi 698 numbered pages a 4 leaves lacking a1 initial blank b 16 leaves C 8 leaves 1-21 in 16s 22 14 leaves. All page edges rouged and gilt. An interesting unrecorded variant of Griffiths 1912/2 and 1912/3. Bound in full flexible black leather with gilt cross on front cover and gilt "Common Prayer Scotland / Cambridge" on spine. Pasted inside the rear cover is a manuscript letter dated 18th March 1913 from E.H. Dowden the niece of the noted Irish poet professor and literary critic Edward Dowden whose brother was Bishop of Edinburgh addressed "Dear Dr. Hart" regarding the new Scottish BCP and the effect of the printer's strike upon it and the Scottish Chronicle noting "how useful your American Revision Reports have been" and the current state of revision of the Lectionary among other related subjects also included is a letter from James Pott American agent for Cambridge Univ. Press notifying Dr. Hart of the forwarding of the New Scottish BCP. From the library of Samuel Hart which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart 1845-1917 was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School the unofficial "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown Connecticut. In 1886 he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892 he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898 he became the fourth historiographer of the Episcopal Church. He served in all three of these offices until his death. In 1893 he was elected Bishop of Vermont but he declined the office. A unique association copy with related correspondence. Cambridge University Press unknown