Shelfmark
Gk.6.14
Author
Title
A booke of Christian prayers, collected out of the ancient writers, and best learned in our time, worthy to be read with an earnest mind of all Christians, in these dangerous and troublesome daies, that God for Christes sake will yet still be mercifull vnto vs..
Varying form of title
Spine title: Queen Elizabeth's prayer book
Publication, distribution, etc.
At London, : Printed by Richard Yardley, and Peter Short, for the assignes of Richard Day., 1590..
Physical description
[8], 138, [2] leaves : ill., port. (woodcuts) ; 17 cm. (4to)
Note
Signatures: [paragraph]⁴ A-Y⁴ Aa-Oo⁴.
Note
Title and all text leaves with woodcut illustrated borders.
Note
"To the Christian reader" signed: R.D., i.e. Richard Day.
Note
Commonly known as "Queen Elizabeth's prayer book".
Note
Two final contents leaves.
Note
Colophon reads: "1590. At London, printed by Richard Yardley, and Peter Short, dwelling on Bred-street hill, at the signe of the Starre, for the assignes of Richard Day.".
Note
Imprimatur at foot of colophon, "Cum gratia & priuilegio, Regiæ Maiestatis.".
Citation/references note
ESTC, S122014
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 6431
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Alban Gibbs on front pastedown.
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf.
Binding
?16th-century calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with double blind fillets to form a border with circle tools at the corners; blind roll on board edges and turn-ins. Spine with four raised bands, decorated with blind fillets and gilt tiling over black label ("Queen Elizabeth's prayer book"). Textblock trimmed and dyed blue/black. Endpapers of undecorated paper; one flyleaf at the upper end of the textblock, two at the lower end.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's ms. note on front pastedown: "extremely scarce".
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: DDk.6.21.
Subject
Prayers Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form
Prayer books.
Added entry--name
Yardley, Richard, ? - d. 1593 printer.
Added entry--name
Short, Peter, ? - d. 1603 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Aldenham, Alban George Henry Gibbs, 1846 - 1936 former owner.
Added entry--name
Assignees of Richard Day bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51380