Miniature prayer book (8 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. …

Inscribed January 1890, called The Finger Prayer Book due to its shape, approximately 90 mm tall x 28 mm (cover size), (3½ x 1 inches), pages: (5 + 1 blank), 77-599, as issued, bound in black leather with rounded corners, single rule blind border to covers, "Common Prayer" and the cross gilt on upper cover, gilt title on spine, all edges red and gilded, gilt inner dentelles (turn ins), brown endpapers. Pencil inscription on blank following front endpaper, head and tail of spine and corners very slightly rubbed, inner dentelles slightly chipped, gilt on lower edges and at lower corner damp damaged so that red showing only (see image), tip of lower page corners also affected by damp and tips creased throughout most of the volume. A good plus clean copy. Bondy, Miniature Books, page 131; Welsh, Bibliography of Miniature Books, page 58, does not list this edition without Calendar etc. but there is a copy at Lambeth Palace listed on Copac; Griffiths, Bibliography of Common Prayer, page 414, No.4 (no mention of Henry Frowde). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

Miniature. Diamond 128mo India Paper. pp.730/[6pp.]/pp.vi/pp.861/[1p. - Colophon] . 5.6cm x 4.7cm x 2.8cm (2.25" x 1.75" x 1.00"). Black leather covers. Front cover with gilt initials: "IHS". Spine with gilt title: "Common Prayer - Hymns A & M". All page edges gilt (a little rubbed). Black endpapers. Black & white frontis of 'The Shepherd" before Prayer Book title-page. Clean text throughout, with just a few creased corners. VG.…

Scarce Finger Prayer Book. Diamond 96mo. 9.0cm x 2.9cm x 1.1cm (3.5" x 1.1" x 0.4"). pp.672 . A very good original full leather binding. Black morocco over thin covers. Gilt titles and small gilt cross to front cover. All page edges are gilt. Black endpapers. No inscriptions. Clean title and text, printed on india paper. Some corners creased. A scarce item. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. INDIA PAPER EDITION. Diamnod 128mo. (2.1 x 1.8 inches). 688pp, vi, 862pp. Publishers plain burgundy morocco binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Single blind ruled border to both boards. Black coated endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners name and address to both front and rear blank endpapers. A little rubbing to the extremities and the book a little loose in the binding but overall very good.…

Edition unknown circa 1895 printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd (702 PAGE VERSION), miniature book approximately 53 x 45 mm, 2¼ x 1¾ inches, bound in original publisher's full brown leather, rounded corners, gilt title to spine, sterling silver hallmarked plaque attached to front cover depicting 5 angels' heads in relief surrounded by clouds (based on Joshua Reynolds), all edges gilt, brown endpapers, 702 pages including title page. Spine slightly rubbed at head and tail and on lower hinge, edges of lower cover very slightly rubbed, title page very slightly worn at top and bottom edges, a few corner tips creased, pages 81-84 reinserted and 83/84 with slight loss to upper margin, tiny pale stain to 1 page with loss of a couple of letters, all easily legible (see images), final page and facing endpaper slightly dusty. No inscriptions, a very good copy. Reprinted by Eyre & Spottiswoode circa 1903 with 630 pages. Welsh, Bibliography of Miniature Books, No.1854 (702 pages) and 1862 (630 pages); Bondy, Miniature Books, pages 131 and 167; Griffiths, Bibliography of Book of Common Prayer, page 433, lists a 702 page copy dating it circa 1905. The sections omitted from the 630 page edition listed in the title are not quite the same as in the 702 page edition: "but without the calendar, occasional services and articles of religion". MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

Edition unknown circa 1900, miniature book, 55 x 45 mm (cover size), 2¼ x 1¾ inches, FRONTISPIECE portrait of Christ with crown of thorns, 688 pages, bound in dark brown full calf with rounded corners, "Common Prayer" gilt on upper cover and spine, all edges red and gilded, dark brown endpapers. A few minute marks and scrapes to covers, one damaging 2 letters of the title on the upper cover (see image), endpapers show slight marks due to the removal of sticky tape (see image), contents otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good plus copy in its own decorative sterling silver carrying case complete with chain. Case in excellent condition. Bondy, Miniature Books, page 131; Welsh, Bibliography of Miniature Books, No.1856 and 1857; Griffiths, Bibliography of Common Prayer, page 421, No.4 (no mention of a frontispiece or Henry Frowde). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

title with ornate calligraphic lattice-work border in blue ink with leaves and tendrils in gold, title capitals and date also in gold, text double-ruled in purple, rubricated throughout with headline in red on every page decorated with gold dots, leaves and lozenges, numerous ornate gilt capitals, two miniatures (both somewhat blurred), p.96 & 145, the latter painted on mounted parchment square, with ornate polychrome floral border at gutter margin, similar margin p.67 with space for miniature and traces of mounting, upper margin cropped affecting some text, fore-margin cropped excising most of original Roman foliation, later pagination supplied in black ink at upper margin, a few faint marks, p. [ii], 240, 12mo, seventeenth-century black calf (probably Italian) with delicate gilt-tooled border, spine richly gilt in four panels, gilt edges, pastedowns with green and gilt floral patterned paper, brittle calf board surface, edges worn, damage at head of spine with slightly loss, housed in custom clam-shell box, good. A delightful miniature 'vade mecum' prayer book, written in a precise, clear hand throughout and extremely well-preserved, comprising prayers and oratory texts to the major saints of the Roman Catholic Church. including Pope Leo the Great (p.1), St. Augustine (p.54), Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (p.67), Thomas Aquinas (p.81) and Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (p. 196). The first miniature, depicting a kneeling figure before Christ on the cross, framed by a sky of pink and blue, accompanies the text 'Confessio dicenda ante imaginem Christi', while the second, also a crucifix, with several figures below in a variety of colours with a touch of gold, illustrates 'Orationes Sanctae Brigatae'. A prayer against thunder, lightning and storm, 'Oratio contrata tonitrua, fulgura, et tempestatem (p.192) is also included and the work ends with 'Quinque laudes a domino Jesu christo cuidam religioso revelate.' It seems likely that the Thomas Agricola in question is the priest commemorated in a memorial plaque in Augsburg Cathedral cloister which records the year of his death as 1598; he appears to have been appointed to a Collegiate parish in 1575 (Zeitschrift des Historischen Vereius fur Schwaber und Neuburg, 1880). …