Group of two titles.
1) The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of The Sacraments and other Ceremonies of the Church. Cambridge: J. Smith 1830. 12mo (140 x 75 mm). Contemporary red morroco, elaborately tooled in blind with Gothic religious motifs including the Crucifixion on the spine, a.e.g. Condition : rebacked preserving original spine, endpapers renewed; a few folded pages at corners. Provenance : Mrs. D. Spilsbury (contemporary ownership signature to ffee and through descent in the family); Msgr. Francis J. Weber (bookplate). with a fore-edge painting of Venice from the canal. 2) The Book of Common Prayer and administration of The Sacraments, and other Rites . Oxford: The University Press, 1850. 12mo (175 x 100 mm). Additional engraved title and 7 plates. Contemporary full dark purple morocco, stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Condition : light spotting to plates, minor foxing; lightly worn; scattered foxing and browning. Provenance: Lucy Elizabeth Loveday (contemporary ownership signature). fore-edge painting of coaching scene on the Bath Road.
Group of two titles.
1) The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of The Sacraments and other Ceremonies of the Church. Cambridge: J. Smith 1830. 12mo (140 x 75 mm). Contemporary red morroco, elaborately tooled in blind with Gothic religious motifs including the Crucifixion on the spine, a.e.g. Condition : rebacked preserving original spine, endpapers renewed; a few folded pages at corners. Provenance : Mrs. D. Spilsbury (contemporary ownership signature to ffee and through descent in the family); Msgr. Francis J. Weber (bookplate). with a fore-edge painting of Venice from the canal. 2) The Book of Common Prayer and administration of The Sacraments, and other Rites . Oxford: The University Press, 1850. 12mo (175 x 100 mm). Additional engraved title and 7 plates. Contemporary full dark purple morocco, stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Condition : light spotting to plates, minor foxing; lightly worn; scattered foxing and browning. Provenance: Lucy Elizabeth Loveday (contemporary ownership signature). fore-edge painting of coaching scene on the Bath Road.
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