Bonhams 1793 : BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER The Booke of Common Prayer... for the Use of the Church of Scotland, 1637; and 2 others, including Tanner (3)

The Booke of Common Prayer... for the Use of the Church of Scotland, edited by Archbishop William Laud, first title and almanack printed in red and black, titles within a typographical border, large historiated and decorative initials, without final 2 cancels (KK7-8) as usual, lower fore-margin softened with loss of text to six leaves (quite substantial to 2 of calendar, and leaf H1), some headlines and side-notes shaved, ownership inscription of Ralph Spearman (1808) on title [STC 16606], Edinburgh, Robert Young, 1637[-1636]; The Psalmes of King David: Translated by King James, mostly translated by William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, title within wide woodcut architectural border, [STC 2736], Thomas Harper, 1636, 2 works bound in one vol., rebacked; The Book of Common Prayer, calendar printed in red and black, a few short marginal repairs, upper cover detached [Wing B3623], John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1662--TANNER (THOMAS) Notitia Monastica; or, and Account of All the Abbies, Priories, and Houses of Friers, Formerly in England and Wales, engraved frontispiece, 3 plates, rebacked, Cambridge, John Nichols, 1787, contemporary calf, folio (3)

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