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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. : Stereotyped by D. & G. Bruce, New-York.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Episcopal Church.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 49199.
- Standardized Title:
- Book of common prayer (1790)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Episcopal Church--Liturgy.
- Episcopal Church.
- Episcopal Church--Prayers and devotions.
- Prayers and devotions.
- Episcopal Church--Creeds.
- Episcopal Church--Hymns.
- Hymns.
- Creeds.
- Liturgics.
- Genre:
- Prayer books.
- Psalters -- 1819.
- Hymnals.
- Liturgical books.
- Physical Description:
- 478, 274 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Megarey's elegant edition of The book of common prayer.
- Place of Publication:
- New-York: : Published by Henry I. Megarey., 1819.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Added engraved title page varies: Megarey's elegant edition of the Book of common prayer according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Published by Henry I. Megarey New York 1818.
- "New-York, July 10, 1819. I do hereby certify, that this edition ... is permitted to be published ... John Henry Hobart, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the state of New-York."--verso of title page.
- Some plates engraved by Charles Heath after Henry Corbould. Other plates engraved by Thomas Gimbrede and Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co.
- "Printed by J. & J. Harper."--colophon.
- Printed in two columns.
- Errors in paging: p. 262, 426, 1st count, misnumbered 162, 326; p. 263, 2nd count, misnumbered 163 in some copies.
- "The psalter or Psalms of David."--p. 286-415, 1st count.
- "Articles of religion."--p. 415-326 [i.e., 415-426], 1st count.
- "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. [1]-261, 2nd count, with separate title page. Printed in a single column. Signed continuously with The book of common prayer.
- Indices to first lines and subjects of Psalms and hymns, p. [262]-274, 2nd count.
- 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. 49199).
- Contains:
- Bible. Psalms. English. Episcopal Church. 1819.
- Whole book of Psalms, in metre.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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