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ref. 58479 — Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood. Oxford. 1818. Full contemporary calf a central panel on each board lettered SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE the binding rubbed and scuffed stitching weak contents clean a much used copy but in decent condition mostly of interest for the engraved receipt laid to the front paste-down - this from the SPCK No.5 Bartlett's Buildings London to the REV. P. LATHBURY for 4 shillings and 10 pence '.being for Books sent on the Terms of the Society' dated Jan.15th. 1819 signed by JOS. PEACOCK. The top corners of the receipt are torn. See ALLEN & MCCLURE Two Hundred Years: The History of the The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1698-1898. Chap.V- Printing and Circulating Christian Literature : By the end of 1807 the Society had circulated 17029 copies of the Book of Common Prayer; by end 1817 this number has risen to 87135. Joseph Peacock above was presumably Treasurer but no mention is made of him in Allen & McClure. Printed at the Clarendon Press, by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood. Oxford. 1818. unknown