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1723réf. 1197771723. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. London: John BaskettÉ and the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills 1723. Tall folio 10-1/2 by 16 inches contemporary full mottled calf expertly rebacked with original spine neatly laid down corners and spine panels with gilt device of the crown of King George I raised bands renewed endpapers all edges gilt. $8250.Beautiful early 18th-century tall folio edition of the venerable Book of Common PrayerÑ the treasury of ritual prayer and Scripture that has indelibly shaped the piety and literature of the English-speaking worldÑwith fine engraved frontispiece handsome in nicely restored contemporary calf featuring the gilt device of King George I in the corners and spine panels.Born of Thomas Cranmer's desire for liturgical texts upon which all of Europe's Protestant English-speaking churches could agree the beautiful and dignified language of the Book of Common Prayer first issued in 1549 has considerably influenced not only ecclesiastical practice but also literature in English. ""The language of the Prayer Book is now part of the whole languageÉ and as a source of spiritual inspiration it is for most Englishmen second only to the Bible"" PMM 75. This 1723 London edition is handsomely bound in full mottled calf with King George I's gilt monogram cipher in each corner of the boards as well as in each spine panel. Ornamented with fine engraved frontispiece dated 1710 decorative headpieces and woodcut initials. Griffiths 1723:1. A few ink corrections and marginal annotations.A few short wormtraces; text clean. Evidence of cloth ties corners expertly restored. A very handsome volume. hardcover books
1879réf. 10407Londres, Imp. Delatre, Howland st. 23, 1879. 1 vol. in-folio de 1 titre, 19 planches et 1 table gravés, maroquin rouge, dos lisse orné, large roulette dorée d'encadrement sur les plats, titre frappé au centre (reliure anglaise de l'époque).
1715réf. 1067831715. London: printed by John Baskett and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills 1715. Folio 380 23 3 pp. unpaginated text ends on Aaa4 as per ESTC. Engraved frontispiece by Loggan after Caspars. Title-page printed in red and black ruled in red throughout. Contemporary red morocco covers tooled in gilt with a wide scrolled border central gilt block of the arms of the Duke of Chandos backstrip richly gilt gilt edges a lovely binding of the period in the style of Mearne skillfully restored at head and foot and along joints. Armorial bookplate of John van Hatten. § Lovely prayer book bound for James Brydges 1st Duke of Chandos 1674-1744. It once rested on an embroidered cushion in the Duke and Duchess's private pew in his magnificent chapel at Cannons described by the architect Gibbs as "the finest in England." The centerpiece of the elaborately-tooled binding is the Duke's gilt arms supported by two otters beneath a ducal coronet. Four other bindings with the block are recorded by the British Armorial Bindings database. Full description and provenance available on request. ESTC T81463. unknown
1715réf. 1067831715. London: printed by John Baskett and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills 1715. Folio 380 23 3 pp. unpaginated text ends on Aaa4 as per ESTC. Engraved frontispiece by Loggan after Caspars. Title-page printed in red and black ruled in red throughout. Contemporary red morocco covers tooled in gilt with a wide scrolled border central gilt block of the arms of the Duke of Chandos backstrip richly gilt gilt edges a lovely binding of the period in the style of Mearne skillfully restored at head and foot and along joints. Armorial bookplate of John van Hatten. § Lovely prayer book bound for James Brydges 1st Duke of Chandos 1674-1744. It once rested on an embroidered cushion in the Duke and Duchess's private pew in his magnificent chapel at Cannons described by the architect Gibbs as "the finest in England." The centerpiece of the elaborately-tooled binding is the Duke's gilt arms supported by two otters beneath a ducal coronet. Four other bindings with the block are recorded by the British Armorial Bindings database. Full description and provenance available on request. ESTC T81463. unknown books
PARIS, Lib. Législative - A. WITTERSHEIM & CIE/Lib. Germer-Baillière -1872 - couverture bleue imprimée - Grand in-4 - Texte sur 3 colonnes - 590 pages - exemplaire non coupé, très frais
PARIS, P.U.F. - Fondée en 1878 par Gabriel Monod, publiée avec le concours du CNRS et de la 6e section de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes.- Revue historique N° 603, juillet-septembre 1997 - In-8, 15,5 x 24 cm - Broché - 219 Pages - Très frais, comme neuf - Envoi rapide et soigné La Revue historique, est une revue d’histoire française créée en 1876 par le protestant Gabriel Monod et le catholique Gustave Fagniez. Cette nouvelle revue s'inscrit en réaction contre La Revue des Questions historiques créée dix ans plus tôt et qui traduisait la pensée d'une droite ultramontaine et légitimiste. La Revue historique ne se réclame d'aucune religion, d'aucun parti, d'aucune doctrine Éditée à Paris par les Presses universitaires de France
