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BINDING - WILLIAM BURGES The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1871 image 1
BINDING - WILLIAM BURGES The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1871 image 2
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BINDING - WILLIAM BURGES
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1871

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£7,000 - £9,000

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BINDING - WILLIAM BURGES

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, full light brown morocco after a design by William Burges, ruled in black, each cover with five brass studs of a Tudor rosette design on which mounted semi-precious stones, elaborate brass clasps with enamel coats of arms of Lord and Lady Ripon, each set with a semi-precious stone, gilt lettered "Prayer" on rounded spine, watered silk endpapers, g.e., very slightly rubbed but generally fine, 8vo (185 x 135mm.), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1871

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A MAGNIFICENT HIGH VICTORIAN BINDING DESIGNED BY WILLIAM BURGES FOR LORD AND LADY RIPON. In 1871 Burges was commissioned by George Robinson, first marquess of Ripon, and his wife to design St. Mary's Church on their estate at Studley Royal, Yorkshire. He was responsible also for the design of the lavish interior decorations and furnishings, the work being completed in 1878. A series of designs for this binding are included in the William Burges album "Orfèvrerie domestique" in the RIBA library. The metal work, enamel and stone-setting was most probably executed by Jes Barkentin, a long-time collaborator of Burges. For another binding designed by Burges, with Barkentin metalwork, see the prayer book created for Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, in the National Museum of Wales.

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