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The Book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church : according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Printed for the Commission A.D. MDCCCCXXVIII

Accession number
PML 28334
Published
[Boston] : Printed for the [Prayer Book] Commission [by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, 1930.
Notes
"Of this standard edition of the Book of common prayer five copies were printed upon vellum by D. B. Updike, the Merrymount Press, Boston, Massachusetts, A. D. MDCCCCXXX."--Colophon.
This copy (no. 2) is printed on vellum in red and black. Copy 1, on vellum, the "Standard" copy, was sent to the Office of the Custodian in New York City.
The entire edition of 500 copies on paper and 5 on vellum of this "Standard" Prayer book was privately printed by Mr. J.P. Morgan for the Commission.
Description
xli, 611 p., 1 leaf ; 35 cm
Binding
Full red niger morocco, blind tooled by Duprez Lahey, in a red morocco slip case (1931).
Classification
Department