Title: The Book of Common Prayer, and ...
Publisher: Oxford printed at the Clarendon Press, by Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood
Publication Date: 1811
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Pages unnumbered. Title page, L4 to 2C4. All edges gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Two black silk contemporary bookmarks. 23 x 29 cm. Contemporary full straight-grained faded red morocco. Spine in six gilt tooled and ruled compartments, with gilt decorated and ruled raised bands. Lettered in gilt "Communion Service". Very slightly rubbed near the top hinges. Boards with large gilt embossed heraldic coat of arms of George iii, complete with mottos, within twin decorative ruled key pattern borders and corner floral tooling. Slight rubbing and very slight loss of gilding, more so on the lower board. George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland (until 1801) then the United Kingdom and Ireland (1738 - 1820). Arms: Quarterly 1 & 4. England; 2. Scotland; 3. Ireland; overall on an escutcheon Tierced in pairle reversed: Two lions passant gardant (Brunswick); Semy of hearts a lion rampant (Lunenberg); A horse courant (Saxony); overall on an escutcheon gules the crown of Charlemagne (High Treasurer of the Empire); The whole surmounted of an electoral bonnet gules turned up ermine Crest: On an imperial crown a lion statant gardant imperially crowned Badge: The rose and the thistle Motto: Dieu et mon droit Order: Garter Supporters: A lion gardant imperially crowned and a unicorn ducally gorged and chained Dimensions (height x width): 108mm x 100mm Usage: as King of Great Britain (1801-1816) Escutcheon of Pretence: Gules the crown of Charlemagne (High Treasurer of the Empire) Quarterings: 1 & 4. England; 2. Scotland; 3. Ireland; overall on an escutcheon Tierced in pairle reversed: Two lions passant gardant (Brunswick); Semy of hearts a lion rampant (Lunenberg); A horse courant (Saxony); overall on an escutcheon gules the crown of Charlemagne (High Treasurer of the Empire); The whole surmounted of an electoral bonnet gules turned up ermine. Names of many royal binders, from early times, are preserved in various records, but there is considerable uncertainty about the work of most of them; and, although many lists exist of books bound for certain kings by certain workmen, very few of them have been identified. From the constant appearance of personal badges of different kinds, it may be considered likely that, considerable personal interest has been taken in the covering of their books. The prevalence of red and blue, the livery colours of the Hanoverian line, is common among the Georgian Royal bindings. New York public library holds a 1717 Holy Bible bound in black goatskin with the exact same stamp 13 in gold on the covers, 108mm x 100mm. There are only four other known examples of the stamp 13 held in public libraries, all at the British Library. Bookseller Inventory # 4292