Londini: Typis
G. Bowyer, Impensis
J. & J. Bonwicke,
R. Ware,
J. & P. Knapton [and others],
1744.
BX5145 .A6 L3
12mo. 240 leaves collating in sixes, engraved frontispiece; leaves not folioed or paged.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Marshall II, page 37.
Old calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. The name
Isaac Walker written in ink on a fly-leaf has been partially removed. An inscription written on the margin of another fly-leaf has been almost wholly removed. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Thomas Parsell, 1674-1720, headmaster of Merchant Taylor’s School, London. The first edition of this translation into Latin of the Book
of Common Prayer was published in 1706.
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J. 55
Abridgment of the Common prayer
8
vo.
[said to be by D
r. Franklin.
]
1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 87, as above, [said to be by Franklin, but qu.?]
Abridgement of the Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church,
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.
London: Printed in the Year
mdcclxxiii
. [Privately printed for
Lord Le Despencer by
Wilkie in St. Paul’s Churchyard]
1773.
BX5145 .A55 L4
8vo. 128 leaves: A-Q
8, 2 leaves in the first two signatures misbound, text printed in double columns; separate title on P
5 for
Extracts from the New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. By N. Brady, D.D. Chaplain in
Ordinary, and N. Tate, Esq. Poet Laureate to His Majesty.
London: Printed in the year MDCCLXXIII and sold by most Booksellers
.
Lowndes IV, 1944 (erroneous entry).
Ford 313.
Martin, page 521.
Crushed red morocco, gilt ornamental borders, gilt back, g.e., marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark, enclosed in a slip case,
half morocco. Not initialled by Jefferson. From the Library of Rachel Austen, Baroness Le Despencer, with her armorial bookplate.
On the fly-leaf is written:
My dear Brother Le Despencer gave me this Book. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Franklin wrote the Preface to this work, and abridged the
Catechism and the
Psalms. His own account of it, written to Granville Sharp from Passy, July 5, 1785, is as follows: “The Liturgy you mention was an abridgment of that made by a noble Lord of my acquaintance, who requested me to assist him
by taking the rest of the book, viz. the Catechism and the reading and singing Psalms. These I abridged by retaining of the
Catechism only the two questions,
What is your duty to God? What is your duty to your neighbour? with answers. The Psalms were much contracted by leaving out the repetitions (of which I found more than I could have imagined),
and the imprecations, which appeared not to suit well the Christian doctrine of forgiveness of injuries, and doing good to
enemies. The book was printed for Wilkie, in St. Paul’s Church Yard, but never much noticed. Some were given away, very few
sold, and I suppose the bulk became waste paper. In the prayers so much was retrenched, that approbation could hardly be expected;
but I think, with you, a moderate abridgment might not only be useful, but generally acceptable . . .”
The “
noble Lord” referred to in the above letter was Lord Le Despencer. The Preface exists in Manuscript in an incomplete draft in the American
Philosophical Society.
Entered without price on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue.
Francis Dashwood, Lord Le Despencer, d. 1782, paid for the printing of this book which was done in London, and not at his seat at West Wycombe as stated by Lowndes.
The 1815 and 1831 catalogues query Franklin’s connection with this book and his name is omitted from the entries in the later
catalogues.
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