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Synopsis

And administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the church of england: together with the psalter or psalms of david, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches. [bound with:] a companion to the altar: shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation, in order to our worthy receiving the holy communion. (london: printed by assignment from thomas beecroft, for james scatcherd, ave-maria lane). [bound with] a new edition of the psalms of david, fitted to the tunes used in churches, by n. brady, d.d. chaplain in ordinary, and n. tate, esq. poet laureat, to his majesty.(london: printed by john march, for the company of stationers, 1797).

Item Description

12mo. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. No pagination provided for Prayer Book, [312] pp; or Psalms, [216] pp.; Companion is 70 pp. + [2] pp. publisher's advertisements. Separate title page and register for Companion and Psalms. Register: A-K12,L-L6; A-C12; A-I12. Text in double columns. Bound in contemporary mottled maroon leather with gilt borders; spine in raised bands, decorated gilt with gilt titles. Marbled edges. Extremities have age related wear,i including at head of spine, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by Royal Arms, at end of Psalms. This Prayer Book includes the Forms of Prayer and Thanksgiving for 5 November, 30 January, 29 May and 25 October (the accession of George III). It has the addition of A Companion to the Altar, a devotional guide to preparation for receiving Holy Communion, intended to be bound into prayer books, which was written by William Vickers, who flourished 1707-11; this undated edition of it may be from around 1795. The edition of the psalms, by Nicholas Brady (1659-1726), Anglican clergyman and poet from Ireland, and the Anglo-Irish poet, Nahum Tate (1652-1715), Poet Laureate in 1692, was first licensed in 1696. This Oxford prayer book was printed at the University's Clarendon Press. The precise edition does not appear in Griffiths, although similar versions are quoted. (Griffiths, 1797, p. 211).