Sep 23, 2004 - Sale 2013

Sale 2013 - Lot 65

Price Realized: $ 316
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. [229] (of [230]) leaves; lacks title. Black letter. Folio, old blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with brass center- and cornerpieces and catches, lacks clasps, contents loose in binding; occasional soiling and minor stains. London: Norton and Bill, 1625

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Griffiths 1625/1 (calling for 238 leaves); STC 16464, series 2/26 (with collation yielding a total of 230 leaves). Bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes, Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others. Title within woodcut architectural border. Letterpress music in text. Black letter. London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1627. Last gathering soiled and loose, lacks G2.3 and K5. STC 2589 (locating only the British Library and Christ Church College copies).