Description
1662 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER + NEW TESTAMENT + THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS. Octavo. V.RARE. Genuine First Edition 1662 CAMBRIDGE ed., rarer than the London ed. Printed by John Field for Cambridge University, 1662. NT Reference: Herbert 682. RULED-IN-RED throughout. BCP Title in facsimile and lacking first 3 pgs of Act of Uniformity; contents confirm this BCP as 1662 first ed. All else complete, with original 1662 titles for NT and PSALMS. Torn lower corner a2 (Psalm 7/8); ink spill k4-5 (18-19 Sunday after Trinity). Original calf boards, scuffed, w. blind tooled “ropes”, reconditioned corners, binding is secure though some pages are loosening. Overall a nice 1662 First Edition BCP/NT/PSALMS from Cambridge. Comes in a black, archival clamshell box for protection and preservation. Compare at $2000.
