The booke of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies in the Church of England
Contributors: Fairfax, Thomas, former owner; Fairfax, Dorothy, former owner; Dent, John Henry, former owner; Barker, Christopher, 1529-1599, printer
Publisher: By Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes Maiestie
Published: 1581
Place of publication: Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Other titles: Benton Collection of Editions of the Book of Common Prayer.
Work titles: Book of common prayer (1581)
Notes: Signatures:(.℗ʺ.)́ı ℗œ℗£́ʻ A-Ṕı Q́œ; ℗øA-℗øḰı.

Title in red and black, printed within woodcut border.

The Psalter or Psalmes of Dauid has separate title page and register, with imprint on colophon (℗øK8 verso): Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes Most Excellent Maiestie.

Leaf ℗øF1 of the Psalter has 'F' in the signature mark under the second 'h' in 'hath'; variant has 'F' under and to the left of 'h' in 'he'.

English short title catalogue, S93792

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 16309.1

Cataloged 20170411 jmoschella.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in ca. 19th-century reversed leather, hinges repaired. The autograph of Thomas Fairfax (1521-1599) ("Sir Tho Fairfax") at head of title page. Ownership inscription of Lady Dorothy Fairfax (d. 1596) on Q6 verso ("This booke aperteineth to the Ladie Dorothey Fairfax of Denton"). Verses in an early hand mourning the death of Elizabeth I in the margins of B2 verso. For further information regarding the provenance of this item, see Muss-Arnoldt, William. "Maneant sua data libellus: a protest and a plea." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. 13, pt. 1,  pp. 140-141.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the first of two items bound together into a single volume. This volume contains 1. The book of common prayer (STC 16309.1; 1581) -- 2. The Psalter, or, Psalmes of Dauid (STC 2453; 1580). Housed in a brown goatskin box by Riviere.