Main entry--corporate name
Church of England
Title
The form and order of the service that is to be performed, and of the ceremonies that are to be observed, in the coronation of their Majesties King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra, in the Abbey Church of S. Peter, Westminster, on Thursday, the 26th day of June, 1902.
Varying form of title
Other title: Coronation of their Majesties King Edward the VIIth and Queen Alexandra on Thursday 26th June, 1902 : postponed to 9th August
Imprint
London : printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902.
Physical description
64 p. ; 25 cm
Provenance
Ink stamp on upper endleaf: Rev. Canon Wordsworth, St. Peter's Rectory, Marlborough.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
Binding
20th-century paper covers; text block edges gilded.
Copy-specific note
Manuscript cover title pasted onto wrapper: The coronation of their Majesties King Edward the VIIth and Queen Alexandra on Thursday 26th June, 1902 : postponed to 9th August.
Copy-specific note
Manuscript annotation at end of title on title page: "The King being ill, the coronation was postponed until Saturday, the Eve of St Lawrence, 9 August, 1902."
Copy-specific note
With extensive annotations recording the writer's personal recollections of coronation day together with details of the coronation ceremony; [perhaps the recollections of Canon Wordsworth]. On lower endleaf: a sketched plan, in pencil, of the East End of Westminster Abbey showing the locations of dignitaries at the coronation.
Copy-specific note
The coronation : order of the procession (2 printed columns) pasted onto verso of upper endleaf, facing title page.
Copy-specific note
Pasted in at end: A coronation hymn (6 verses, [88.88.88]) by E. Wordsworth; text begins, "Lord of the boundless realms of light." "Copies of this hymn can be obtained from Miss Wordsworth, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, at 1/6 per 100."
Subject
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Subject
Coronations Great Britain.
Added entry--name
Wordsworth, Christopher, 1848-1938 former owner.
Added entry--name
Wordsworth, Elizabeth, 1840-1932 Coronation hymn.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Lord of the boundless realms of light.
B9184
UKSbSC
20190710165443.6