OCCASIONAL OFFICES FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, VIZ. PUBLICK AND PRIVATE BAPTISM, A CATECHISM, MATRIMONY, VISITATION OF THE SICK, WITH SOME OCCASIONAL PRAYERS COLLECTED FROM THE MOST EMINENT DIVINES, COMMUNION OF THE SICK, BURIAL OF THE DEAD, CHURCHING OF WOMEN, AND VISITATION OF PRISONERS
Dublin: Printed by the Executor of George Abraham Grierson, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, and Jane Grierson, at the King's Arms and Two Bibles in Essex-Street, 1756. Leather-bound. 12mo., 5 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in. Full contemporary brown leather. Corners slightly bumped. Moderate wear to extremities, binding very sound. age-cracking to surface of boards. Spine leather heavily rubbed away. Chipping to bottom of spine. 7 tooled bands, gilt rubbed away to 3. Edges neatly trimmed close to text. pp. [242]. Contemporary or near contemporary ink inscriptions to front pastedown, 13 lines. Gift of Hill Coulson to James Morewood. Ink inscription continued on to rear free endpaper, 10 lines. Occasional pencil annotation throughout. Nicely laid paper, lightly tanned and very clean throughout. Has not showed up at auction since 2006, and only one copy found in libraries worldwide (University of Kings College). Very Good Minus. Item #85444
The Book of Common Prayer is an Anglican liturgical text that comprises services and prayers for important occasions in life: baptism, marriage, death, illness, and childbirth. Books of Common prayer emerged out of the English Reformation, as England's break with the Catholic Church inaugurated vernacular worship. Books of common prayers enabled lay people to establish a more direct connection with God. The present copy contains ink and pencil inscriptions that attest to its use as a devotional object, if not a text for deep study.
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