Order Nr. 138350 BUT ONE USE, AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE 450TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

BUT ONE USE, AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE 450TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

(Book of Common Prayer).
  • (New York): St. Mark's Library and The General Theological Seminary, 1999.
  • small 4to.
  • stiff paper wrappers
  • 160 pages followed by 8 leaves of illustrations
  • ISBN: none

Price: $80.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 138350

First edition. Near fine condition. Essays by Isaac Gewirtz on the history behind the title chosen for the exhibition, by The Rev. Canon J. Robert Wright on the New York Commemoration of the First Prayer Book and by The Rev. Alistair Stewart-Sykes on the origin of Anglicanism. Includes detailed descriptions of the 102 exhibited items, several black and white ilustrations throughout, a bibliography and sixteen color plates at the end of the volume. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.