Lot 33
Scottish wheel binding
Book of Common Prayer
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. Oxford: printed by the University-printers, 1712. 8vo (19.5 x 11.6cm), black morocco with gilt tooling in the 'Scottish wheel' style, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, with 53 hand-coloured plates (of 55?), with additional engraved title page ‘The Liturgy of the Church of England’ (London: Sturt and Nutt, 17??), and engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Anne, binding worn at extremities in particular corner tips, textblock with toning and spotting [ESTC T182599]
Provenance
19th-century presentation inscription from Rev. William Valentine to George Henzell Wawn on verso of front free endpaper.