Title: The Book of Common Prayer; Bound With; The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, 1688/1690. With a Beautiful Contemporary Binding and Ornate Silver Clasp
Author: Church of England
Publisher: London, Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hill, and Thomas Newcomb
Condition: Good
A late 17th century duo of works, beginning with the Book of Common Prayer, and administration of 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.
Following that is the primary work, being a KJV Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command.
This volume most recently belonged to the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.
The volume has been finely bound in full contemporary calf, with Cambridge panel tooling in gilt. There are also two silver corner fittings, and a large, albeit nonfunctioning, detailed silver clasp that is of early, but later implementation, featuring a small cherub.
Two works in one finely bound volume in small quarto (20.5 x 12.7 cm), A2-I8, A2--Cccc4
This volume is in good shape, with rubbing and wear to the binding, heavier to the hinges, with the lower front hinge starting to split. The first handful of leaves to the Book of Common Prayer are worn and frayed, with one partially lacking some text. One of the clasp screws has dented a few of the BoCP pages to the right-side margin. There is very little foxing or staining throughout, with a few leaves more soiled.