The Church-of-England-Man's Companion: containing the Book of Common Prayer.and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; with Notes, Practical and Explanatory. Extracted from the Works of several learned and pious Divines, and other ingenious Commentators

[LITURGY - English]

Published by Printed by J. Poole, Chester, 1780

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Unpaginated. *2, b-h2, A-3B4, 3C2-Yyy2. With A companion to the altar, and Tate and Brady's A new version of the Psalms, both with separate title pages, but continuous register. Without frontispiece and 10 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, all edges red. Rubbed, corners bumped. Occasional light spotting. The sole Chester-printed edition of a devotional vade-mecum for Anglican clergymen issued by prolific Cheshire printer John Poole (1735?-1793). Two other, equally scarce, editions were printed at Manchester and Liverpool likely around the same time. Intriguingly, every eighth leaf is numbered sequentially up to 'No. 29', perhaps suggesting that the book was issued in parts as an affordable way acquiring a copy of the liturgy. ESTC records copies at six locations in the British Isles (Birkenhead, BL, Canterbury Cathedral, Manchester, NLW, and Oxford), and none elsewhere. ESTC T81411. Size: Quarto. Seller Inventory # AQ19597

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Church-of-England-Man's Companion: ...

Publisher: Printed by J. Poole, Chester

Publication Date: 1780

Binding: Hardcover