The book of common prayer... (1750) ; A companion to the altar... (1765) ; The whole book of psalms... (1765)
Dublin Core
Title
The book of common prayer... (1750) ; A companion to the altar... (1765) ; The whole book of psalms... (1765)
Subject
Includes the only known copy of this edition of the highly-popular devotional manual A Companion to the Altar.
Description
18th century English red goatskin binding. Gilt tooling in a cottage-roof style, with black leather inlays on covers. Further gilt tooling to spine, bookblock edges and turn-ins. Black leather spine labels with tooling in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bookblock edges in gilt. Two green ribbon bookmarks.
Creator
William Vickers (active 1707-1711)
Thomas Sternhold (-1549)
John Hopkins (-1570)
Thomas Sternhold (-1549)
John Hopkins (-1570)
Publisher
SPEC H85.09(01) - Cambridge: Joseph Bentham (-1778); London: Charles Bathurst.
SPEC H85.09(02) - London: Edmund Parker (-1739) and John Beecroft (-1779)
SPEC H85.09(03) -Cambridge: Joseph Bentham (-1778); London: Benjamin Dodd (-1765)
SPEC H85.09(02) - London: Edmund Parker (-1739) and John Beecroft (-1779)
SPEC H85.09(03) -Cambridge: Joseph Bentham (-1778); London: Benjamin Dodd (-1765)
Date
1750
1765
1765
1765
1765
Contributor
Gilt tooled leather bookplate of "Ann Aingel, March the 1st 1769".
Inscription on front endpaper: "C. M. Mead: Nov. 2nd 1835".
Inscription on front endpaper: "C. M. Mead: Nov. 2nd 1835".
Relation
ESTC, T88780
ESTC, N509584
ESTC, T93055
ESTC, N509584
ESTC, T93055
Format
Duodecimo (16 cm)
Citation
William Vickers (active 1707-1711)
Thomas Sternhold (-1549)
John Hopkins (-1570), “The book of common prayer... (1750) ; A companion to the altar... (1765) ; The whole book of psalms... (1765),” The Hornby Bindings, accessed March 28, 2024, https://hornbybindings.omeka.net/items/show/10.