Bindings. [Manuscript]: The Book of Common Prayer/Holy Commu...

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£50 - £100

Bindings. [Manuscript]: The Book of Common Prayer/Holy Communion, E. Hornby, Christmas, 1859, red-ruled, [41]ff hand-scrivened in red and black ink From the Edition of 1662, according to the Sealed Copy in the Tower of London, finely bound in brown morocco over bevelled boards by Hayday, signed, upper-cover starting to split, red-stained edges, marbled endpapers, 8vo; [Saint Augustine of Hippo], S. Augustines Manuell (sic), facsimile of the 1577 edition, London: Spottiswoode and Shaw, 1850, Gothic black letter, printed in decorative historiated borders, contemporary binding of red calf over bevelled boards, gilt, by Josiah Westley, signed with his stamp and label, upper-cover detached, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo; The Book of Common Prayer, Oxford: Printed at the University Press, 1844, black-ruled, finely bound in gilt metal-mounted blue velvet over boards, lacking clasp, all edges gilt, 16mo; and another devotional, Kempis (Thomas à), Imitation de Jésus-Christ, Paris: J. Langlumé et Peltier, n.d. [c. 1810], contemporary Cathedral binding of olive calf gilt, repaired, worn and splitting at lower-joint, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 12mo in 6s, (4) 

Provenance: Robin de Beaumont (1926-2023), bibliophile, President of The Private Libraries Association and benefactor to The British Museum; his book labels and/or loosely-inserted and other pencil bibliographic notes.