$225.00
We are also hand-binding the 1734 edition of the Book of Common Prayer with a similar philosophy to that of our 1733 New Testament. This 1734 edition is not a premier version, a revised version, nor is it an unusually rare edition. It is simply our attempt to replicate the commonly-used common prayer book of the Church of England during the middle 1700s. This book would be very similar to the one used by Charles Wesley and John Wesley when they left England in 1735 to serve as Anglican missionaries to the colony of Georgia . This book would also be very similar to the one carried by George Whitefield during his tours in the American colonies at the height of the Great Awakening in the 1740s. It would have also been used by many of the early "Methodists" prior to their severance from the Church of England. Compared with our 1733 New Testament, this 1734 Book of Common Prayer is rather eye-catching from a typographic perspective. There are quite a number of ornaments, headers, footers, fancy capital letters, and a greater number of different font sizes in comparison with our Bible. Nevertheless, as was typical with the Age of Reason, there is order, balance, and simplicity. The result is a beautifully done publication that places the modern reader in the center of the British world of the 18th century.
✤ITEM #: BCP- #1
✤Covered in calfskin.
✤Printed on laid paper.
✤Hand-bound using 18th Century techniques.
✤Every page is hand-sewn around linen cords.