The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.
Rare early 18th Century Oxford Book of Common Prayer; finely bound in full contemporary calf together with The Whole Book of Psalms
![The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.](https://i0.wp.com/www.raptisrarebooks.com/images/177974/the-book-of-common-prayer-and-administration-of-the-sacraments-and-the-rites-and-ceremonies-of-the-church-18th-century-oxford-book-of-common-prayer.jpg?fit=1250%2C1000&ssl=1 "The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.")
![The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.](https://i0.wp.com/www.raptisrarebooks.com/images/177975/the-book-of-common-prayer-and-administration-of-the-sacraments-and-the-rites-and-ceremonies-of-the-church-18th-century-oxford-book-of-common-prayer.jpg?fit=571%2C1000&ssl=1 "The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.")
![The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.](https://i0.wp.com/www.raptisrarebooks.com/images/177976/the-book-of-common-prayer-and-administration-of-the-sacraments-and-the-rites-and-ceremonies-of-the-church-18th-century-oxford-book-of-common-prayer.jpg?fit=569%2C1000&ssl=1 "The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.")
![The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.](https://i0.wp.com/www.raptisrarebooks.com/images/177977/the-book-of-common-prayer-and-administration-of-the-sacraments-and-the-rites-and-ceremonies-of-the-church-18th-century-oxford-book-of-common-prayer.jpg?fit=2088%2C1000&ssl=1 "The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.")
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.
$1,600.00
Item Number: 140235
Oxford: Printed by the University Printer, 1729.
Rare early 18th Century Oxford Book of Common Prayer. Duodecimo, bound in full contemporary polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt central ornament within gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition. Together with The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others. [London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1729] in an identical binding. In near fine condition. A very nice set.
The Book of Common Prayer was created out of Thomas Cranmer's desire for a liturgical text that all of Europe's Protestant, English-speaking churches could agree on. Its magisterial liturgical language is, "as a source of spiritual inspiration for most Englishmen second only to the Bible" (PMM 75). The Book of Common Prayer was first issued in 1549 during the reign of Edward VI and revised through the reign of Mary I, James II, and ending significantly in 1832.
