The Book of Common Prayer, 1559: The Elizabethan Prayer Book

PRE-ISBN.

Publishers code ON653SLGX (printed on box).
Seal-grain red leather, 23 carat gold edges, gold roll inside cover, typeface = Pica, India paper. Three (red) marker ribbons. Marbled endpapers. Printed in Great Britain.

The date of publication is an estimate only, based on the inclusion at the end of the book of Orders in Council and Royal Warrents variously dated between 29th February 1952 and 30th July 1958 amending the Prayers, Liturgies, and Collects for the King; and replacing the annexed Accession Service.

FULL DESCRIPTION following the Title Page:

“In July 1927 a Measure was passed in the Church Assembly for the purpose of authorising the use of a Prayer Book which had been deposited with the Clerk of the Parliaments, and was referred to in the Measure as “The Deposited Book.” The Measure and the Book had been previously approved by large majorities in the Convocations of Canterbury and York. A Resolution under the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919, directing that the Measure should be presented to His Majesty, was afterwards passed in the House of Lords by a large majority. But a similar Resolution in the House of Commons was defeated on 15th December, 1927, and the Prayer Book Measure of 1927, therefore, could not be presented for the Royal Assent.

Early in the year 1928 a second measure (known as the Prayer Book Measure, 1928) was introduced in the Church Assembly, proposing to authorise the use of the Deposited Book with certain amendments thereto which were set out in a Schedule to the Measure. The Measure again was approved by large majorities both in the Convocations and the Church Assembly; but a Resolution directing that it should be presented to His Majesty was defeated in the House of Commons on 14th June, 1928.

This book is a copy of the Deposited Book referred to in the Prayer Book Measure of 1927, as amended in accordance with the provisions of the Prayer Book Measure, 1928.

[EMPHASISED:] The publication of this Book does not directly or indirectly imply that it can be regarded as authorised for use in churches.”