Commune

1807 · Best.-Nr. 096764 — London: John Reeves 1807. 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. bound with A COMPANION TO THE ALTAR: Shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation in order to our worthy receiving the Holy Communion: wherein those fears and scruples about eating and drinking unworthily and incurring our own damnation thereby are proved groundless and unwarrantable. Unto which are added prayers and meditations suitable to a sacramental preparation according to what the Church of England requires from her communicants. and A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID fitted to the tunes used in churches by N. Brady and N. Tate. Pp. 49272492 11 engraved plates; f'cap. 12mo; nineteenth century black straight-grain morocco the spine lettered and decorated in gilt boards decorated in gilt & blind with a diamond shaped inlaid central panel of red morocco which is initialled and decorated in gilt the boards a trifle rubbed corners bruised edges lightly worn; a.e.g.; ribbon marker; marbled endpapers with a gilt lettered and decorated black morocco ownership label of Eliza Ann Crockford dated 1813 laid on the upper pastedown twentieth century bookplate on verso of upper free endpaper the preliminary blank loosening tiny inked annotation to one page of the Psalms a couple of corners creased scattered light foxing and browning; John Reeves/Scatcherd and Letterman London n.d. 1807. Griffiths 1807/3. John Reeves was gazetted King's Printer in 1800 and held the appointment for 29 years until his death. Between 1801 and 1815 he issued some 25 editions of the Book of Common Prayer each printed by others on his behalf. This edition was printed by C. Whittingham. The plates in this copy are all dated February 1807. The Companion to the Altar was printed for Scatcherd and Letterman by Rider and Webb by assignment from T. Beecroft and was issued 'in various sizes so as to bind up with the different editions of the Common Prayer Book' ref. note at foot of title page. The Irish poet hymnist and lyricist Nahum Tate 1652-1715 became England's poet laureate in 1692. He is best remembered for the New Version of the Psalms of David first published in 1696 in which he collaborated with Nicholas Brady. Tate wrote the words to a number of hymns of which the most famous is the Christmas carol known today by its opening line 'While shepherds watched their flocks by night'. He also wrote the libretto for Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas in 1689. Nicholas Brady 1659-1726 was an Anglican clergyman and poet also born in Ireland. John Reeves unknown