Lot 42
Royal Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), Oxford, by the University Printers, 1701.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Royal Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), ruled in red, Sadler family genealogy (1784-1855) in several hands to early blank, beginning to B5 marginal loss and tears with neat repairs and restoration, b2, A2 & A3 with large loss affecting text with neat restoration, M3 & Y6 with short marginal tears and neat repairs, occasional loss to lower corners throughout (with neat restoration), new endpapers, contemporary green calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, gilt ruled panels with cypher of Queen Anne to corners, 6 raised spine bands, gilt cypher of Queen Anne to spine compartments, lacking ties, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, folio, Oxford, by the University Printers, 1701.
Description
Royal Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), ruled in red, Sadler family genealogy (1784-1855) in several hands to early blank, beginning to B5 marginal loss and tears with neat repairs and restoration, b2, A2 & A3 with large loss affecting text with neat restoration, M3 & Y6 with short marginal tears and neat repairs, occasional loss to lower corners throughout (with neat restoration), new endpapers, contemporary green calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, gilt ruled panels with cypher of Queen Anne to corners, 6 raised spine bands, gilt cypher of Queen Anne to spine compartments, lacking ties, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, folio, Oxford, by the University Printers, 1701.