[PRAYER.] The Book of Common Prayer.
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[PRAYER.] The Book of Common Prayer. And Administration of the Sacraments And other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David. Printed in black and red. Folio, original vellum over bevelled boards, front cover and spine decorated in gilt, some faint, natural discoloration, brass fore-clasps and catch plates, top edges gilt, others deckled; foliated borders, ex-collection Washington Cathedral Library with their bookplate to front pastedown; with laid in pamphlet: "On the Decorations of the Limited Edition of the Standard Prayer Book of 1892", by D. B. Updike, printed at the De Vinne Press. Large paper copy, one of 500 unnumbered copies on American hand-made paper at the de Vinne Press for the Committee. D. B. Updike designed the plan of symbolism and method of decoration of the total edition, of which the complementary and subscription copies have foliated borders. The official copies are printed with plain margins, and the complimentary and subscription copies have the foliated borders designed by Updike. New York: Printed for the Committee, 1893
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[PRAYER.] The Book of Common Prayer.
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