1680 BIBLE Common Prayer Sternhold Psalms English Black Letter Psalter Anglican

1680 BIBLE Common Prayer Sternhold Psalms English Black Letter Psalter Anglican

A truly rare late 17^th-century Holy Bible and Book of Common Prayer from the Church of England. Like many similar works, this book includes the Psalms of David, calendars, orders of prayers, tables and rules for devotion, and litanies and prayers. This edition, published by John Bill, includes a black-letter printing of the Psalms as well as a printing of Sternhold and Hopkins metered ‘Whole Book of Psalms’.

Item number: #23929

Price: $950

Church of England

The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalmes of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches…The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New… The Whole Book of Psalms…

London: Printed by John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1680-1681.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 parts in 1
  • Unpaginated, added title pages
    • ‘Common Prayer’
    • ‘Psalter of Psalms of David’
    • ‘Whole Book of Psalms’ – Sternhold & Hopkins
  • Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Rich.^d Shuttleworth Streatfeild
    • Motto: DATA FATA SEQUUTUS
    • Richard Shuttleworth Streatfeild, of the Rocks, Uckfield was a member of the prominent English aristocratic Streatfield family. He was appointed Sheriff of Sussex in 1849.
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~12.5in X 8in (32cm x 20.5cm)
  • Rare and desirable

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