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(BASKERVILLE PRESS.) The Book Of Common Prayer. [346] (of [347]) leaves; lacks initial blank. Large 8vo, contemporary red morocco handsomely gilt with border of urns and floral sprays on covers, spine in 6 compartments with large urn tool in each, spine faded, front joint partly cracked; contents clean. Cambridge: John Baskerville for B. Dod in London, 1760 [i. e., 1761]
first baskerville edition, Gaskell's group 1, impression with type-ornament borders, priced "Six Shillings and Six Pence" on title. First state of B8, C6, C7, and D2 uncancelled. complete with the occasional prayers, not found in all copies, and with the scarce state of gathering 2p, noted by Gaskell in only 3 copies, containing Form of Prayer for 25 October (accession of George III), mention of Queen Charlotte (married to the King on 8 September 1761), and proclamation dated 7 October 1761. Gaskell 12; Griffiths 1760/4 (not noting this variant).
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