Shelfmark
Fs.1.15
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Book of common prayer]
Title
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments & other rites & 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 the churches: and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, priests, and deacons.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, priests, and deacons.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Book of common prayer according to the use of the Church of England
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : William Pickering., 1844.
Physical description
[622] p. ; 36 cm. (fol.)
Note
Title-page within a wood-engraved border. Wood-engraved ornaments and initials from Whittingham's stock are used throughout.
Note
"Printed by C. Whittingham." - recto of final leaf.
Note
"The form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, priests, and deacons ..." has a divisional title-leaf (²[A]1).
Note
Some of the signatures are preceded or succeded by an asterisk, possibly indicating cancellation of part, or all, of that gathering.
Note
Half-title: Book of common prayer according to the use of the Church of England.
Note
Printed in red and black throughout.
Note
Signatures: [a]² b-d⁴ e-i² ii² iii² k-p⁴ q⁴(-q4) B-Z⁴ AA-LL⁴ MM² NN-ZZ⁴ 3A-3K⁴ 3L² ²[A]² ²B-E⁴ ²F² ²G-L⁴.
Provenance
Ms. note inside front cover: Bought 1907 [by ECL].
Provenance
Early 20th-century armorial bookplate of Eton College; red and black booklabel of Eton College Library.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on front free-endpaper: Fratri dilectissimo Alf: Thornton d.d. G: W: Thornton / Kal: Aug: MDCCCLXXVI. [i.e. the gift of G.W. Thornton to his brother Alf[red] Thornton, August 1876].
Binding
19th-century vellum half-binding, marbled paper boards; black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt "The Book of Common Prayer" and "Victoria 1844".
Copy-specific note
Previously: Bn.1.3a, Bn.1.5, Bn.1.4a, Bdd.1.21.
Added entry--name
Whittingham, Charles, 1795 - 1876 printer.
Added entry--name
Pickering, William, 1796 - 1854 publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B40143