The Book of Common Prayer,

by JONES, Owen [illuminator]: BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER]

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First edition

ILLUMINATED THROUGHOUT BY OWEN JONES - IN A HANDSOME RED MOROCCO BINDING ALSO PROBABLY DESIGNED BY JONES first edition thus large 8vo. (24.8 x 17 cms.) xl, 504, [2], 451-484 (notes)pp. with the text on every page enclosed inside a very great variety (changing every few pages) of decorative borders which are printed in colours (very often two, and including red, blue, green, mauve, yellow, and black), numerous large decorative initial letters printed in colours, ornaments (some printed in colours), all these decorations designed by Owen Jones, 12 plates (of which 8 are divisional title-pages chromolithographed in gold and colours by Owen Jones), 3 engravings by J. C. Horsley, 1 by Henry Warren, 37 line engravings drawn from old master paintings by George Scharf jnr. under ther superintendence of Lewis Gruner, final section of notes (which has aberrant pagination) with a simple parallel red and black line border, elaborate (publisher's?) binding of full rich morocco over very thick bevelled boards, sides blocked with an elaborate border (probably designed by Owen Jones) and a central device composed of the interlaced letters I.H.S., smooth spine elaborately gilt decorated and lettered, inner fold-ins and board edges gilt decorated, all edges gilt, neatly recased retaining the original pale blue glazed endpapers, some trivial local foxing, but a fine and most handsome copy. Preserved in a new marbled slipcase. R. McLean Victorian Book Design (1972), pp.88-90. Owen Jones (1809-18

• Publisher: John Murray [printed by Vizetelly Brothers and Co.]
• Year: 1845
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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