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Dawsons
Los Angeles
Dec. '96
$15

Jake Zeitlin, Christmas 1938.
125 Cpoies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press.

Richard Day. (1552-1607?)
1995 Sold for $4887 A Booke of Christian Prayers, collected out of
the Ancient Writers, and best learned in Our Time,
worthy to be read with an earnest mind of all
Christians in these dangerous and troublesome daies.....
Pirage Cat 22 #55 London; R. Yardley + Peter Short for the Assignes
of Richard Day, 1590 8 p.l, 138 pp, [2] leaves.
Ref: S.T.C. 6431 4th ed. of Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book.
COp: HEHL, PML
#60969

Small quarto. Roman and Black letter. Printed within fine woodcut
borders after A. Durer + H. Holbein, portrait of the
Queen (Elizabeth) on back of title. Lengthe of leaf 181mm.
my leaf E^1 in black letter (of 4) Prayers 13 A-Y, Aa-Oo^4
p. 11 A short speech before the Lords prayer.
as listed in index p. 12 A prayer to God the Father.
p. 15 A " " " " " in Christes name.
Dance of Death borders begin on p. 82
leaf foreedge - gilt.

1) R. Day - [and anon. compilation; not by R. Day], Christian prayers + meditations in English, French,
Italian, Spanish, Greek + Latine. J. Daye, 1569 London
HEHL 60973 S.T.C. 6428 Often quoted as Queen Elizabeth's
Prayer Book. 4^0. e^1 - small roman letter.

List 245 1953 Brentano's sold a leaf for $1.00 2) Richard Day. A Book of Christian Prayers ... London 1578
John Daye dwelling over Aldergate. 7 3/8 x 5 1/16" (107x128mm)
HEHL 438000:4 S.T.C. 6429. 2nd e.
4^0. Copy: PML E1 - a capital Roman letter.
Prayers 13 - A Prayer to God the Father
Prayers 1 - 137 (Ooij)
p. 126 - 132. the Letany + Suffrages.
Prayers 5. - A Prayer to be said at our
returning home.