The Book of Common Prayer (1662)
Dublin Core
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Description
Printed under crown license by John Bill and Christopher Barker, this first 1662 folio edition contains an elaborately decorated title page, featuring a neo-classical basilica engraved and signed by David Loggan after original drawings by Jan Baptist Gaspers surrounded by an engraved architectural border. The Calendar is printed in red and black with head and tail pieces, initials and printed marginal notes. The Psalter or Psalms of David, after the Tyndale translation of Henry VIII’s Great Bible, has a separate dated title-page within red and black rules. “The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining and Consecrating Bishops” has separate half-title, register is continuous. Bound in contemporary brown calf, re-backed with some original binding on front and back covers.
Source
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies according to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as to they are to be Sung or Said in Churches: and The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests , and Deacons. London: Printed by His Maj’ties Printers [John Bill & Christopher Barker] cum privilegio, M.DC.LXII [1662].
Identifier
1662.3
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