Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-03-24
PROPOSALS
ron PUBLISHING BY sUBscRIrTI N
AN ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER,

AN ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
Edited By Lhe Rec J " WuinDright. ID ID.
Y Ndt: subscriber prnp ses To publish edition
Of tn BOi of Common Prayer. orhamenIed
with upwards of seven hundred engraved illuslra.
Tons. IL will be IN eIed in twenty numbers the
first four OF which wIil ne Issued monthly and the
MANNING sixteen semi monthly, 50 that The hole
work wall be furnished ~ subscribers within twelve
mouths. The illustrations will consist OF vigneItes
OF beautiful character and design; and OF sacred
subjects from Inc works of he first masters, lied
To the Episr.es AMI Gospels, and the Pralms The
greater part of these will he srec,e from the En-
giIsh ed crIhe Pictorial Prayer 30 k hut To these
many others will be added frm original drawings,
prepared expressly Or thus work, by J G Chapman.
E~I. The whole VIII I've engraved n n m 8 erly
manner, and the paper aud letter press will he o
the very best quality. The pledge is hereby gwen
that every number of The work shall be equal to The
specimen submitted
The arrangement a..d adoption ofIhe illustration,
will be under The suPerntendance Of the Rev DR.
Wainwright
As an ap 'ropriae companion for this work, d.
Wainwright Will prepare a hi-trry Of the Liturgy.
together With commentary upon the text and ru.
hreS. Thus work will he eisbell shed with designs
having special reference he church oCihis country
il will be com rised IN twenty numbers. The
whole will form Two handsome volumes in royal
octave. Either of these volumes may, however he
taken independently Of the OIher arranged as to
be bound in a single volume.
The cost OF the numbers will be 81 cents each.
payable on delivery. Thpse subscribers who for
ward % the publisher SO in advance for The Book
OF Common Pr,J er, or Sl2 fIr The Prayer and Com
menIaFy. will receive in addition 10 the We. K, q
morocc' cover covers. splcudidly embossed. with
representation rf the eIerior aud interior Of Frn.
iiy church, New York. the value OF which will I've
i,5O. each cover Persons wishing To avail them
selves "t Tins privilege. the time Of sending their
subscription wi please what color Of morocco
they would prefer. and it shall be given. Any
clergy nan who will forward the names Of fur
subscribers. with the Of INSCRIPTION. will be
entitled TO a copy Of the work
This work will form suitable present Tor the
Christmas aud New Year holidays aud IL is designed
10 have The first numser ready for This urpose the
preparations for il having beeR nearly completed;
yet as II may not be really for delivery Al the exact
hmr, certificate ofsUbscripIion has been prepared
which will assure hose who pussess il the regular
receipt 1i the work the numbers come out
To suitable agents this work affords rare oppOr.
funiy, as It can be put 10 them on favorable terms
Orders for ihIr work must invariably be accompanied
with the cash. All communications to the publisher
must he post paid
's'EdiI1rs Of the principal newspapers. who & i've
this advertisement twelve weekly insertions and
forward the paper containing this n-tIce TO the
publisher will be entIled a copy OF this work
which will be forwarded in numbers To order.
~ The work can be had through The principal
b -okseers and Periodical Agents generally
throughout the United States.
Il wHEwETT.
jan 26 1873 Fulton street. N York.