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The Book of Common Prayer.
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Dawson, Thomas, of Cambridge
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The Book of Common Prayer.
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Style: Cottage roof|Acorn |Curl, floral|Floral|Pointille (comprising dots)|Tulip; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified
Date Binding: 17c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
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Shelfmark: c65gg5
Place of creation Binding: England
Object history Text: 1692; London; Unspecified
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Literature on the bindings of this period includes H M Nixon, English Restoration Bookbindings, London, 1974.

M M Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, vol I, London, 1978, p85, n29 in list of Dawson-Moore bindery.
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