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The Book of Common Prayer
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Edwards of Halifax
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Title
The Book of Common Prayer
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Style: Pictorial; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: White / cream; Edge: Unspecified
Date Binding: 18c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold|Painted|Drawing; Cover Material: Vellum, transparent
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Shelfmark: c48b22
Place of creation Binding: England
Object history Text: 1772; Oxford; Unspecified
Notes Smooth spine with hollow. 2 green ribbon markers. Marbled endleaves.
References

H M Nixon and M M Foot, The History of Decorated Bookbinding in England, Oxford, 1992. M M Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, vol II, London, 1983.

P.J.M. Marks: The Edwards of Halifax bindery (184-218) in British Library Journal 24/2 (1998)
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