Nov 12, 2013 - Sale 2330

Sale 2330 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.) The Book of Common Prayer. text and numerous illustrations entirely engraved throughout by John Sturt, including micrographic portrait of George I, double portrait of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and different historiated or ornamental border on each page. xxii, 166 pages; lacks the volvelle on page v as usual, and the final ad leaf. 8vo, 171x107 mm, late 18th-/early 19th-century deep purple straight-grain morocco gilt with simple design of concave octagon on covers, ornamental tooling on spine; contents toned, minor foxing and soiling on opening leaves. Armorial bookplate of William Gott and his signature dated 1815; later signature of E. L. Holland of Niton. London: John Baskett for John Sturt, 1717

Additional Details

first sturt edition, published by subscription. Griffiths 1717/1, variant 1; GTS/But One Use 55. with a fore-edge painting of the last supper.