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Main entry--corporate name

Church of England

Uniform title

Book of common prayer

Title

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.

Imprint

Oxford : printed at the Clarendon Press, by W. Dawson, T. Bensley, and J. Cooke, 1798.

Physical description

[482] p. 19 cm (8vo)

Note

ESTC reports that in this issue there is a note at foot of title page: "This book may be had with or without the ordination service" and the price is "7s. 6d". Griiffiths's Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer gives an additional (alternative) price of "4/6d", and identifiies the ordination service as "36 p. printed on the *asterisked gatherings". In the copy in hand these gatherings are not present.

Note

Signatures: pi¹ a-b⁸ c² A-Cc⁸ Dd² [*DD-*Ee⁸*Ff²] Ee-Gg⁸.

Citation/references note

ESTC, T182588 or T190770

Citation/references note

Griffiths, Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer, 1798/1

Provenance

Ink and pencil inscription on verso of upper flyleaf: "Heytesbury Stall. Ex dono Iac. H.B. Peile, Coll: Theol: olim vice principalis".

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”

Binding

Late 19th-century red straight-grained grained goatskin, gilt fillets forming two concentric rectangular frame on boards, with gilt tooling at inner corners of inner frame; smooth spine with gilt tooling; gilt roll around board edges; gilt roll on turn-ins; blue endleaves.

Copy-specific note

Imperfect: wants title-page, and the asterisked gatherings *Dd, *Ee and *Ff, with the ordination service.

Copy-specific note

Suzanne M. Eward noted that "This Prayerbook was found on top of a cupboard in the Vestry by Peter Wheatcroft, verger, 9 March 1988".

Copy-specific note

MS inscription (early 19th century) on lower pastedown and flyleaf, apparently concerned with the Act of Union with Ireland of 1801 (39 & 40 George III c.67).

Subject

Church of England

Subject

Prayers England Early works to 1800.

Subject

Prayer books.

Added entry--name

Dawson, W., active 1792-1798 printer.

Added entry--name

Bensley, Thomas, approximately 1760-1835 printer.

Added entry--name

Cooke, J., active 1798 printer.

Added entry--name

Peile, James Hamilton Francis, 1863-1940 former owner.

Added entry--place

England Oxford.

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1102#$aChurch of England.

24010$aBook of common prayer

24514$aThe book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments,$band ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.

260##$aOxford :$bprinted at the Clarendon Press, by W. Dawson, T. Bensley, and J. Cooke,$c1798.

300##$c[482] p.$c19 cm (8vo)

500##$aESTC reports that in this issue there is a note at foot of title page: "This book may be had with or without the ordination service" and the price is "7s. 6d". Griiffiths's Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer gives an additional (alternative) price of "4/6d", and identifiies the ordination service as "36 p. printed on the *asterisked gatherings". In the copy in hand these gatherings are not present.

500##$aSignatures: pi1 a-b8 c2 A-Cc8 Dd2 [*DD-*Ee8 *Ff2] Ee-Gg8.

5104#$aESTC,$cT182588 or T190770

5104#$aGriffiths, Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer,$c1798/1

561##$aInk and pencil inscription on verso of upper flyleaf: "Heytesbury Stall. Ex dono Iac. H.B. Peile, Coll: Theol: olim vice principalis".

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”

563##$aLate 19th-century red straight-grained grained goatskin, gilt fillets forming two concentric rectangular frame on boards, with gilt tooling at inner corners of inner frame; smooth spine with gilt tooling; gilt roll around board edges; gilt roll on turn-ins; blue endleaves.

590##$aImperfect: wants title-page, and the asterisked gatherings *Dd, *Ee and *Ff, with the ordination service.

590##$aSuzanne M. Eward noted that "This Prayerbook was found on top of a cupboard in the Vestry by Peter Wheatcroft, verger, 9 March 1988".

590##$aMS inscription (early 19th century) on lower pastedown and flyleaf, apparently concerned with the Act of Union with Ireland of 1801 (39 & 40 George III c.67).

61020$aChurch of England$xLiturgy.

650#0$aPrayers$zEngland$vEarly works to 1800.

655#4$aPrayer books.

7001#$aDawson, W.,$dactive 1792-1798$eprinter.

7001#$aBensley, Thomas,$dapproximately 1760-1835$eprinter.

7001#$aCooke, J.,$dactive 1798$eprinter.

7001#$aPeile, James Hamilton Francis,$d1863-1940$eformer owner.

752##$aEngland$dOxford.