A form of prayers, Used by His Late Majesty, K. William III. When he received the Holy Sacrament, And on other Occasions.

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xx, [4], 69pp, [3]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and three final pages of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G.Rubbed, a trifle marked, chipping to foot of spine. Upper hinge exposed. scattered foxing. Later bookplate of Fritz Ponsonby to FEP, book-label of G. M. Rainbird to recto of FFEP. A handsome copy, in contemporary morocco binding, of the second edition (printed in the same year as the first) of sometime Archbishop of Canterbury John Tillotson's (1630-1694) Eucharistic prayers composed whilst serving William of Orange as Clerk of the Closet; with a preface by bibliophile, Bishop of Norwich, and former Royal Chaplain to William III, John Moore (1646-1714), and the addition of 'A prayer his Majesty made use of after his fall from his horse' not present in the first. Size: 12mo. N° de ref. del artículo AQ12569

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Título: A form of prayers, Used by His Late Majesty,...
Editorial: Printed for J. Barnes, London
Año de publicación: 1704
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa dura
Edición: Second edition.