Specimen for the Book of common prayer, Cambridge, 1927.
Contributors: Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967.; Episcopal Church.
Publisher: The University Press
Published: 1927
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Episcopal Church.
Notes: Binder's title.
Colophon: Specimen pages printed at the University Press, Cambridge, 1927.
"The printing of an edition of the American Book of common prayer was estimated for by both the Oxford and Cambridge University Presses, who both prepared specimen pages ... The book was eventually printed by Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston."--J. Barr. Stanley Morison, a portrait, 1971, no. 144.
Contains "Notes to accompany the specimen pages of The Book of common prayer according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1927 [by S. Morison]" (leaves [1-2]); specimen t.p. (leaf [3]); and colophon (leaf [4])
L.C. copy does not contain the vellum specimen introducing the Office of Morning Prayer, mentioned in "Notes," or other specimens.
Book label of John Carter.