Shelfmark
Id3.2.36(01)
Main entry--corporate name
Title
The book of common prayer, and adminstration 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.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cambridge : printed by John Archdeacon, Printer to the University; and sold by John Beecroft, John Rivington, Benjamin White, and Edward Dilly, in London, and T. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge, 1767.
Physical description
[420] p., leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 21 cm. (8vo.)
Note
At foot of title: "Cum privilegio. Price, 1s. 8d. unbound."
Note
Final leaf: Aa8.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T88786
Provenance
Sold in the 1913 auction of the Browning family collections.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "Edw... Barrett [Elizabeth Barrett Browning's great grandfather]".
Binding
Late 18th century red morocco, with gilt rolls and stamp on boards, and gilt tooling on spine and turn-ins, marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription: "[?]Smart Aitkin, March 9th 1817, [?]Falmouth".
Copy-specific note
?Half-title removed.
Copy-specific note
Bound with "The whole book of Psalms ..." Cambridge : printed by John Archdeacon, 1767.
Copy-specific note
Some ms. annotations in pencil.
Genre/Form
Service books.
Added entry--name
Barrett, Edward, 1734 - 1798 former owner.
Added entry--name
Archdeacon, John printer.
Added entry--name
Beecroft, John, ? - d. 1779 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Rivington, J. (John), 1720 - 1792 bookseller.
Added entry--name
White, Benjamin, fl. 1785 - 1798 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Dilly, E. (Edward), 1732 - 1779 bookseller.
Added entry--name
T. & J. Merrill bookseller.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Identifier
B31095