BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1893 The Book of Commo

The Book of Common Prayer. Text printed in red and black with ornamental borders throughout by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Folio, original bevelled cream boards gilt-stamped to design by Goodhue, with brass clasps and catches, spine and cover edges slightly darkened. New York: De Vinne Press, 1893

one of 525(?) copies, signed on the title verso by J. Pierpont Morgan and other members of the 1892 General Convention, which had approved this revised version of the American prayer book. Laid in is a 4-page leaflet (On the Decorations of the Limited Edition of the Standard Prayer Book of 1893) by D. B. Updike, who oversaw the design of this edition. Griffiths 893/6-7; GTS/But One Use 96.

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