Accession number
PML 17955
Published
London : Printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd ..., MDCC [1700]
Notes
Added engraved t.p. by David Loggan (1635-1692) after a design by J. Baptista Caespers.
Contains the special prayers for Queen Anne and the dowager Queen Catherine.
Contains the special prayers for Queen Anne and the dowager Queen Catherine.
Description
ca. 380 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
Provenance
Queen Anne's copy with her arms and crowned monogram on the covers. From the J.H. Dent collection.
Binding
Black morocco, blue silk ties with gold fringes, covers tooled in blind and gold, with the Royal arms in the centers and the crowned chiffre of Queen Anne in the corners and in each section of the back. The Royal coat of arms as stamped on this book shows the changes effected by the Act of Union of 1706: the 1st and 4th quarters bear England and Scotland impaled, the 2nd France and the 3rd Ireland. It existed for only 8 years (1706-1714).
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