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(BINDING.) The Book of Common Prayer... According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. bound with: The

(BINDING.) The Book of Common Prayer... According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms in Metre. 12mo, contemporary American straight-grained morocco gilt extra, a bit worn; all edges gilt; foxing, lacking the front free marbled endpaper; early owner's records on the blanks. Boston, 1794; 1793

  • Notes: A lovely example of early American tooled binding, possibly by Henry Bilson Legge. Some of the tooling matches the example of an unidentified Boston binder using tools similar to Aitken in the Papantonio collection. Evans 27575; Griffiths 1794-11.

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