Reeves John Common Prayer (1 results)

Morocco. Condition: Good. First Edition. Not dated, c.1801 as the Dedicatory Epistle from John Reeves to the Queen is dated Jan 18 1801. Size 24mo, 5.25" x 2.75", pages not numbered. Contemporary binding of full burgundy straight grain morocco with double gilt border to each cover, tooled gilt bands to the spine with gilt titles in the second compartment and small gilt dots in the remaining compartments, flower and leaf border decoration to the inner turn-ins. Condition good, the binding has been repaired to at some point, with the remains of an old worm track to the covers but not the pages, new end-papers, upper outer corner repaired, corners hinges and spine ends rubbed, gilt rubbed and dull on spine, more so to the covers, title worn at edges and dust marked, pages slightly toned throughout, with the odd couple of spots to occasional pages, else contents complete and clean. Bound at the rear is "A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches, by N. Brady, D.D., and N. Tate, Esq." Also published by John Reeves and undated. in 1801 The Book of Common Prayer started to use the "United Church of England and Ireland" phrase for the first time.…