Lot 64
Sturt (John, engraver) Book of Common Prayer (The)..., John Baskett, sold by John Sturt, 1717
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Sturt (John, engraver) Book of Common Prayer (The)..., engraved throughout with illustrations and text within borders, list of subscribers, lacking moveable parts on volvelle on Circular Table (with small hole worn through), bookplates, handsomely bound in contemporary black morocco ornate in gilt, covers with central narrow lozenge of massed volutes surrounded by foliate sprays and urns within a fillet border with massed volutes at corners, this surrounded by further foliate sprays, bunches of grapes and acorns, and all contained within a fillet and roll-border, spine gilt in compartments with acorns and fleurons, partial remains of brass clasps, minute amounts of wear to spine ends and joints, g.e., 8vo, John Baskett, sold by John Sturt, 1717.
⁂ First edition of Sturt's ornate version of the Book of Common Prayer in handsome contemporary binding. There was also a quarto edition and variants of the octavo edition with the pages ruled in red.
Description
Sturt (John, engraver) Book of Common Prayer (The)..., engraved throughout with illustrations and text within borders, list of subscribers, lacking moveable parts on volvelle on Circular Table (with small hole worn through), bookplates, handsomely bound in contemporary black morocco ornate in gilt, covers with central narrow lozenge of massed volutes surrounded by foliate sprays and urns within a fillet border with massed volutes at corners, this surrounded by further foliate sprays, bunches of grapes and acorns, and all contained within a fillet and roll-border, spine gilt in compartments with acorns and fleurons, partial remains of brass clasps, minute amounts of wear to spine ends and joints, g.e., 8vo, John Baskett, sold by John Sturt, 1717.
⁂ First edition of Sturt's ornate version of the Book of Common Prayer in handsome contemporary binding. There was also a quarto edition and variants of the octavo edition with the pages ruled in red.
