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CHOICE EXAMPLES OF EARLY PRINTING AND

ENGRAVING.

Fac-similes from Rare and Curious Books.

PAGE OF THE FIRST ENGLISH FRAYER-BOOK.

The Last Prayer-Book of the Reformed Church of England, the precursor of the Book of Con.mon Prayer used at present in England and by the Protestant Episcopal Church of America, was printed in London, at the Grafton press, by Edward Whitchul, in the year 1349. The title pages beautifs. In its red and black typography, and its border, addorned with the royal arms of England, is remarkable for its daring mixture of grotesque and Renaissance forms. At the lower part of the border we find the little goat footed satyrs who wear wings, like cherubs, and tre a most bizarre and artistic creation.

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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOM LENGX AND TILDEN •OUNDATIO

SPEECH AT THE STAKE

BY

THOMAS CRANMER

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