Dec 04, 2006 - Sale 2096

Sale 2096 - Lot 25

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
UNRECORDED POCKET EDITION The Book of Common Prayer. [312] (of [336]) leaves; lacks [pi]2.7, C3.6, C4.5, G1, &8, 2N8, and 2R8. Black letter, printed in single column. 16mo, 99x65 mm, early 19th-century red straight-grain morocco, spine dulled, joints heavily worn; some soiling and mostly minor dampstaining, small wormholes through opening leaves slightly affecting text, portions of title abraded with resulting holes and/or text loss, corner off 2C6 and 2S8 affecting several words on each, contemporary inscriptions on verso of title and last leaf; cloth slipcase. London: Robert Barker, 1611 [colophon dated 1610]

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possibly the only known copy of this edition,