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A booke of Christian prayers : collected out of the auncie[n]t writers, and best learned in our tyme, worthy to be read with an earnest mynde of all Christians, in these daungerous and troublesome dayes, that God for Christes sake will yet still be mercyfull vnto vs.

Accession number
PML 933
Creator
Day, Richard, 1552-
Published
At London : Printed by John Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate, 1578.
Notes
Commonly known as Queen Elizabeth's prayer book.
Based on John Day's Christian prayers and meditations in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek and Latin, first published, 1569. Cf. Parker Society, London. Publications, v. 15, 1851, p. xvi-xxiii.
Each page within woodcut border designed by an unknown C.I., including a Dance of death series. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth on verso of title page.
Printer's mark (McKerrow 128) on last page.
Leaf 138 misnumbered 137.
In one state the address to the reader is signed "R.D."; in the other "Richard Daye."
First edition.
Description
8 pages, 137 [i.e. 138] numbered leaves, [2] leaves : illustration, portrait ; 20 cm
Binding
Dark blue morocco
Classification
Department