The book of common prayer, and administration 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: and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Church of England
Category
Books
Date
1754
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 3225313
Summary
Bibliographic description
[388] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. front. ; fol. Provenance: Pencil notes in twentieth-century hand on front free endpaper verso: (1) Binding; (2) George II Prayer Book; Gilt monogram initials “GR” [George II] on spine. Gilt armorial centrepiece of [George II] on covers; Leather label with gilt lettering on pastedown: St. James’s Chapel 1755; Armorial bookplate on pastedown beneath leather label: Wyrley Birch [with motto: Prudentia Simplicitate]; 19C ms. on free endpaper verso: Tho’ Birch 1812; 18C ms. at top of titlepage: Given by Mary Birch to E:B: Lane: 1782; Black ink stamp on flyleaf: The National Trust founded 1895. Binding: Eighteenth-century blue sheep over boards on six raised cords, gilt spine tooling includes monogram initials of [George II], double gilt fillet with inner gilt floral border individual stamps, gilt armorial centrepiece on covers, gilt roll on board edges, gilt edges, pink, yellow and green marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Church of England