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[BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, in English]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rite and Ceremonies of the Church… Cambridge: Joseph Bentham for Benj. Dod, 1759.
8vo (197 x 121 mm). Engraved frontispiece and additional title, numerous engraved plates throughout. Full contemporary paneled morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettering in second, elaborate gilt-tooling in others, gilt dentelles, edges gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of a seaside village (some rubbing at extremes, front free endpaper slightly detached). Provenance: Gift of Mr. William Roach, Stationer to William Melliar (contemporary label with elaborate hand calligraphy); 19th century lineage notations.