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A Collection of anthems used in His Majesty's Chapel Royal, and most cathedral churches in England and Ireland / published under the direction of Anselm Bayly ...

Accession number
PML 17799
Published
London : Printed for J. and F. Rivington ... and W. Ginger ..., 1769.
Credit line
Pierpont Morgan,
Description
xv, [2]-240, [8] p. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Title and text ruled in red.
Initials; head and tailpieces.
Side-notes.
Includes index.
Binding
18th-century, English full dark red morocco over paper boards, gilt-tooled with the armorial of the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
Inscriptions/Markings
Red ruling lines. Inscribed on rear of title page: "For people are unsure of the communications that were going on between earth and heaven, I do not wish to be a visionary but many such manifestations have I had. E.W."
Provenance
Chapel Royal, St. James, armorial binding with monogram of George II, with covers additionally tooled allover with crowned-G monogram for George III (perhaps his personal copy); William Sealy Strangway, signature (title page); Sarah Wedlake, of Hornchurch
Classification
Century
Department