1903 Prayer Book of Edward VI (BIBLE) Start Price USD 795.00 Current Price USD 795.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, December 03, 2008 End Time Friday, January 02, 2009 Location Hagerstown, Maryland See more about '1903 Prayer Book of Edward VI (BIBLE)' Description 1903 Prayer Book of Edward VI     Title: Prayer Book of Edward VII, Limited & Numbered Edition   Year: 1903   Condition/Description: Respined in 2007 with new spine on original thick wooden boards.  Gilt lettering on spine.  Large margins on very clean and white pages (minus some light staining on flyleaves).  Original latches still present, but new leather clasps added in 2007.  Printed in 1903 with ragged-edge style pages.  Frontispiece (which contains portraits of the 7 Edwards) is missing; title page may be missing also.  It was issued without publication information.  Text begins on leaf B1, also noted as page 1.  This opening page to this book depicts Elizabeth, Archbishop Parker, and Edward VI.  It reads, ""An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer, and Service in the Church, & Administration of the Sacraments."  Text appears complete other than missing frontispiece and title.  Pages include text, tables, and prayers with small line cuts at beginning of each prayer, as an initial capital letter.  This prayer book was printed by Essex House in England (and also printed in America, see below) in honor of the coronation of King Edward VII.  Page 387 (the last page) reads: "Here ends the prayer book of King Edward VII.; printed at the press of the guild of handicraft: Begun at Essex House, Campden, London, E., in MDCCCCI, and finished at essex house, campden, Gloucestershire in August MDCCCCIII.  The designs and the type throughout are by C.R. Ashbee; R. Catterson-Smith assisted in the preparation of some of the blocks, which were cut by W. H. Hooper and Clemence Housman.  The proofs have been corrected by Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode, His Majesty's printers; the compositors are T. Binning, W. Hill, Archie Ramage; & The Pressmen R. Eatly, T. Jelliffe, Jrn., & S. Lodder.  The binding has been done under the direction of Miss A. Power in part at the bindery of the guild of handicraft, and in part by Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode.  Published in England by H. M. Printers, Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode; Mr. Edward Arnold, 37 Bedford Street, Strand; & in America by Samuel Buckley & Co., 100 William Street, New York.  The edition is limited to 400 copies with 10 copies on vellum of which the first copy has been pulled specially for His Majesty the King, five are for England and four for America.  This copy is No. 52."   Biography of Edward VI (Wikipedia): Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) became King of England and Ireland, on 28 January 1547, and was crowned on 20 February, at nine years of age. He also carried the English claim to the French throne, but he did not rule France. Edward, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first born Protestant ruler. Edward's entire rule was mediated through a council of regency, as he never reached maturity. The council was first led by his uncle, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1547–1549), and then, after the Prayer Book Rebellion and Kett's Rebellion of 1549, by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1549–1553).  Although Henry VIII had severed the link between the English church and Rome, it was during Edward's reign that Protestantism was fully established for the first time in England, with Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, implementing the Book of Common Prayer. Edward's reign was marked by increasingly harsh Protestant reforms, the loss of control of any part of Scotland, and an economic downturn. A period of social unrest begun earlier intensified during his rule, and conflicts with the French increased.  When it became clear that Edward's life was to be a short one, the Device to Alter the Succession was drafted. This made Lady Jane Grey, Edward's solidly Protestant cousin, the first in line of succession to the throne by excluding his two half sisters, the devout Catholic Mary and moderate Protestant Elizabeth. Following Edward's death at the age of 15, a disputed succession reopened the religious conflicts. Lady Jane was Queen for only nine days, during that time reigning in name only, before she was replaced by Mary. Queen Mary then sought to undo many of Edward's Protestant reforms with the Marian Repeal Acts in her first two Parliaments.Additional images available upon request.   SHIPPING: Calculated shipping and secure packaging for all 50 US States and Territories. Additional overseas fee apply. Our products are securely shipped in sturdy packages via USPS. Priority mail. We accept Pay-Pal, Visa, Master Card Money Orders, Cashiers Checks, and Personal Checks (will ship after check clears). 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