according to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.
Appears to be the prayer book of Catherine Pelham-Clinton (1727-11760), Countess of Lincoln. She died on 27 July and it is inscribed “This was my Dearest Dears Common Prayer Book. Clumber Oct. 11th 1760. Lincoln” by her late husband Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle (1720-1794), known as Lord Lincoln. The prayer book was included in the Sale of Clumber Library at Sothebys in 1937/1938 and it is again recorded in a Sothebys sale in 1969. Ruled in red throughout. Gilt dentelles and page edges. In 1744 Henry married his cousin Lady Catherine Pelham the daughter of the then Prime Minister Henry Pelham. Lord Lincoln was a devoted family man and was distraught when Catherine died in 1760 at the age of 33. He was in the circle of Horace Walpole, possibly even a lover. Although the mansion at Clumber was demolished in 1938, the famous Clumber Park remains, owned by the National Trust it is open to the public. Ref: The 2nd Duke’s papers are part of the Newcastle (Clumber) Collection in the Manuscripts and Special Collections of University of Nottingham. elisarolle.com – Queer Places Condition: Very good. Binding: Contemporary full red crushed Morocco with a late cottage-roof style binding enclosing a shaped central panel of fine floral tools, fine corner pieces of volutes, flowers and small birds. A gilt tooled spine with five raised bands. Price: R35 000
Publisher: Joseph Bentham
Date Published: 1743
Publication Place: Cambridge
First Edition: Yes
Condition: Very good
Binding: Hardcover
