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Royal Binding. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David..., London: printed by Thomas Baskett and Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1754, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black with woodcut royal armorial, red-ruled borders throughout volume, front blank flyleaf with ownership inscription 'Edward Greene, Saint Ives, Huntingdonshire, Augst. 1864', marbled endpapers, bookplate of C. Baines, Pembroke College to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco morroco, elaborate gilt decorated spine incorporating gilt monogram & crown device of King George II to spine compartments, wide gilt rollwork decoration to borders of boards with large gilt embossed armorial of George II to centre of each, without ties to board edges, minor rubbing to extremities, folio (41.5 x 25 cm) (Qty: 1) A handsome example of The Book of Common Prayer in George II royal binding. See British Armorial Bindings Database George II stamp 07, which lists four other examples bearing the same armorial stamp, including a volume of Acts 24 George II, Great Britain, London, 1750; The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1739; The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1745; The Holy Bible, Oxford, 1717.