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
Episcopal Church, Moses Thomas (Publisher), James Maxwell (Printer), Francis Kearny (Engraver), David Edwin (Engraver), Peter Maverick (Engraver), Gideon Fairman (Engraver), Gonzales (Illustrator), Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg (Illustrator)
Print Book, English, 1812
Published by Moses Thomas, no. 52, Chesnut-Street. J. Maxwell, printer., Philadelphia:, 1812
Gold tooled leather (Binding)
323, [1], 242, [18] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
191265118
Added engraved title page: M. Thomas' edition of the Book of common prayer according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
"Philadelphia, August, 20, 1812. I do hereby certify, that this edition of the Book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, &c. ... is permitted to be published, as an edition duly compared and corrected ... William White, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the state of Pennsylvania."--Page [3], 1st count
Plates engraved by Francis Kearny, David Edwin, Peter Maverick, and Gideon Fairman after Gideon Fairman, Gonzales, and Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg
Two states of gathering [A] noted. In the first, the comma following the word "August" in the certification date on p. [3] is missing; in the second, the comma is present
Two states of gathering 2L noted. In the first, p. 82 is misnumbered 83; in the second, p. 82 is numbered correctly
Printed in two columns
Error in paging: p. 285, 1st count misnumbered 385
"The psalter, or Psalms of David."--Page 217-305, 1st count
"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"--Page 306-315. Printed in a single column
"The whole book of psalms, in metre; with hymns, suited to the feasts and fasts of the church, and other occasions of public worship."--242, [18] p., 2nd count. With separate title page. Includes indexes to subjects and first lines, the certification of the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church dated Oct. 13, 1789, and "Additional hymns set forth in General Convention, 1808." Printed in a single column. (Shaw & Shoemaker 24856)