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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Typographical design by: Daniel Berkeley Updike (American, 1860–1941)
Printer: Merrymount Press (American, founded in 1893)
Printer: Merrymount Press (American, founded in 1893)
1930
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/Technique
Printed book with typographic designs
Dimensions
Overall: 35.3 x 26 x 7.5 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Zahn
Accession Number2007.1126
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Books
Boston: Printed by the Merrymount Press, 1930
Catalogue Raisonné
Blumenthal, Printed Book in America, p. 61; D. Griffiths, Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer (2002), no. 1930/3
Description(Boston: Printed by the Merrymount Press, 1930) Large quarto; xli, 611 pp. [1 f.]; original publisher's black-stamped brown morocco.
One of 500 copies designed and printed by Updike at his Merrymount Press; a further five copies were printed on vellum. Although the title specifies 1928, the colophon cites a completion date of 1930. Updike competed for the commission from the Episcopal Church with three other printers (Bruce Rogers, and the Oxford and Cambridge University Presses). The project was financed by J. Pierpont Morgan.
One of 500 copies designed and printed by Updike at his Merrymount Press; a further five copies were printed on vellum. Although the title specifies 1928, the colophon cites a completion date of 1930. Updike competed for the commission from the Episcopal Church with three other printers (Bruce Rogers, and the Oxford and Cambridge University Presses). The project was financed by J. Pierpont Morgan.
ProvenancePhilip C. Duschnes Rare Books, New York [book label]; Carl Zahn, by whom given to MFA, 2007.