Main entry--corporate name
Church of England
Uniform title
Liturgies. Book of common prayer
Title
The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites 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 University Press, for Peacock, Mansfield, and Britton, London. [1877?]
Physical description
[44, 432] p. : ill. ; 28 cm (4to)
Note
Griffith, Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer: this edition not listed, but very similar to 1867/7, "for SPCK", and with explicit date; but other undated copies are ascribed by Griffiths to 1877, 1889 and 1892.
Note
Signatures: A-F4 (italic), A-3H4.
Note
At foot of title-page: "Great Primer Demy 4to." and "Cum privilegio".
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century black calf over paper boards; tooled rectangular frame on boards, within three fillets; bookblock edges gilded. Stamped on front board: "Salisbury / Cathedral" (the standard binding for many prayer books in the Cathedral choir stalls).
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: boards detached, spine-strip lacking; leaves for Morning and Evening Prayer very worn and defective, with some repairs.
Copy-specific note
Prayers "for the Queen's Majesty" and "for the Royal family" in Evening Prayer (only) have been updated in ink to reflect accession of Edward VII in 1901.
Subject
Church of England
Subject
Prayers.
Added entry--name
Oxford University Press printer.
Added entry--name
Peacock, Mansfield, and Britton bookseller.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
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UKSbSC
20220329105858.0