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The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Available online
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4928.
- Standardized Title:
- Book of common prayer (1790)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Episcopal Church--Prayers and devotions.
- Episcopal Church.
- Prayers and devotions.
- Episcopal Church--Liturgy.
- Episcopal Church--Creeds.
- Episcopal Church--Hymns.
- Hymns.
- Creeds.
- Liturgics.
- Genre:
- Psalters -- 1803.
- Hymnals.
- Prayer books.
- Liturgical books.
- Physical Description:
- 314 unnumbered pages, 200 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 14 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Wilmington: (D.) : (Agreeable to order of the General Convention,) Printed by Peter Brynberg--, 1803.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
- "Wilmington March 29th, 1803. I do hereby certify, that being called on by Mr. Peter Brynberg, to correct the proof-sheets of an edition of the Book of common prayer ... and being duly appointed by the standing committee of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the state of Delaware, for that purpose ... I have carefully compared the said book with Mr. Hugh Gaine's octavo edition, and the Articles lately published under the direction of Bishop White. ... William Pryce."--verso of title page.
- Printed in two columns.
- Error in paging: p. 6 misnumbered 4.
- "The psalter, or Psalms of David."--p. [217-301].
- "Articles of religion, as established by the bishops, the clergy, and laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America, in convention, on the 12th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1801."--p. [305-312].
- "The whole book of Psalms in metre; with hymns, suited to the feasts and fasts of the Church, and other occasions of public worship."--p. [313-314], [1]-[202]. With separate title page. Includes indexes to subjects and first lines, and the certification of the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church dated Oct. 13, 1789. Printed in a single column. May also have been issued separately (Shaw & Shoemaker 3821).
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4928).
- Contains:
- Bible. Psalms. English. Authorized. 1803.
- Bible. Psalms. English. Episcopal Church. 1803.
- Whole book of Psalms, in metre.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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