Common Prayer 1871 (1 results)

Nonpareil 32mo, (130mm.), collates: [*]A-L16,M4; [*],A-H16, I14; [I15-16], K-U16,X8, A very nice copy in contemporary [?original] full brown morocco, gilt lettered direct: 'Church Services' on the backstrip, the backstrip in 5 compartments with raised bands, these outline tooled in black with the tooling extending onto the sides. with large brass corner pieces and clasps, all edges gilt, very lightly rubbed at the head and tail of the backstrip; presentation inscription on the front free endleaf: 'Ann W Simpson From her Affectionate Mama, July 3rd 1875. A nice copy of one of the Oxford press' gift editions of the required Anglican church services for use in church and in an easily portable size. With separate title-pages to the three parts but only the first carries the additional imprint of Suttaby and the publication date. Although this edition is unrecorded in Griffiths' Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer he does note that until 1870 the United Church of England and Ireland appeared on the title of editions of Common Prayer and from January 1871 the title of each new edition clearly distinguished its national church of origin. That this edition still reads as 'United Church.' one wonders if the title was from an existing setting with only the date changed.…