The Booke of Common Prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other parts of divine service for the use of the Church of Scotland. [Bound with:] The Psalter

Edinburgh: Robert Young, 1637. First edition. Title page within ornamental border, title page and calendar printed in red and black; ornamental initials. Psalter with musical notation. Pp. [446 of 456]; [2], 147, [1]. Leaf hh3 in setting 3. Lacking E3 (duplicate of D3 present), I4-5 excised, O1 excised, lacking O4-5. 1 vols. 4to. Old vellum, rebacked. Bookseller's ticket of Thomas Baker, London. Front joint split at top; old paper repairs; blank verso of last leaf of Psalms with juvenile pen starts. First edition. Title page within ornamental border, title page and calendar printed in red and black; ornamental initials. Psalter with musical notation. Pp. [446 of 456]; [2], 147, [1]. Leaf hh3 in setting 3. Lacking E3 (duplicate of D3 present), I4-5 excised, O1 excised, lacking O4-5. 1 vols. 4to. First edition of Archbishop Laud's version of the Book of Common Prayer for Scottish churches, the imposition of which provoked Scotland into open rebellion against Charles I, leading to the drawing up of the National Covenant and feeding into the British Civil Wars. The book became know as Laud’s Liturgy. This copy lacking as usual “Certain Godlie Prayers” (two leaves), for these were rigidly suppressed; bound with a copy of The Psalmes of King David: translated by King James (London: Thomas Harper, 1636). ESTC: S101893; Griffiths 1637.9; see Donaldson, The Making of the Scottish Prayer Book (1954). General Theological Seminary (bookplates