Nov 08, 2007 - Sale 2127

Sale 2127 - Lot 55

Price Realized: $ 570
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. [251] (of [252]) leaves; lacks title * THE WHOLE BOOKE OF PSALMS collected into English Meetre by T. Sternehold, W. Whittingham, J. Hopkins, and others. Title within 4-part woodcut historiated border. Letterpress music in text. [8], 362, [28] (of [30]) pages; lacks last (blank?) leaf. Together, 2 volumes in one, both printed in single columns in black letter. 4to, modern calf, contemporary panelled calf covers with gilt royal arms laid down; scattered minor stains, A2 in first work remargined, heavy soiling at second work. London: Robert Barker, 1609; Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1607

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STC 16333.5 and ESTC locate only the Boston Public Library copy of the first work; Griffiths 1607/1 also records one in Nottingham Central Library. STC 2523.5 and ESTC locate only the British Library, Lambeth Palace, and Bodleian Library copies of the second work.