The Collection of Anne H. & Frederick Vogel III

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Lot 1139
  • 1139

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, 1685

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • The Book of Common Prayer, ... London: by the assigns of John Bill, 1685
Small 8vo (170 x 100 mm). Text within printed red rules; 43 engraved plates including one of the Gunpowder Plot and frontispiece of James II; title and facing portrait frontispiece with marginal repairs. Fine contemporary binding of black morocco, silver corners and clasps with leaf and foliate engraving on the front and back, monogrammed ("DP") centerpieces on covers. A rare work honoring James II.

Provenance

Bonham's, London, 2014;
Vogel Collection no. 829.

Literature

Wing B3675