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.
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
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