The Offices, according to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland, for The Holy Communion; Publick Baptism; Private Baptism; Matrimony; Visitation of the Sick; Communion of the Sick; Burial of the Dead; Churching of Women
Cambridge, Printed at the Pitt Press, by John W. Parker, Printer to the University, 1846 (first thus).
Octavo, [152] pages, printed in red and black. [Bound with] 'The Form of Prayer, and Ceremonies, used at the Consecration of Churches, Chapels, and Burial Grounds. Adapted for General use by the Venerable C.C. Clerke ...' (Oxford, 1844, sixth edition; 16 pages).
Full red morocco extensively tooled in gilt; all edges gilt; covers slightly discoloured and rubbed, with a couple of light indentations; a few marks and other slight signs of use internally; a few short relevant ink annotations to the 'Form of Prayer'; overall, in excellent condition.
A handsome presentation binding (with the small inkstamp of 'J. Wright Binder' at the foot of the verso of the front free endpaper), executed for Augustus Short on the occasion of his consecration as first Bishop of Adelaide in 1847. The front cover is lettered 'Augusto Eccles: Adelaid: Episcopo Primo. Oceano Eucharistia Divisi Conjungimur. A.D. MDCCCXLVII'. In 1845 Augustus Short (1802-1883) 'was given the choice of either the Adelaide or Newcastle diocese. He chose Adelaide and on 29 June 1847 was consecrated bishop in Westminster Abbey. He arrived in the "Derwent" on 28 December. His vast diocese, which included Western Australia, had only eight clergy, four church buildings, with five under construction, one parsonage and one school ... Short successfully accomplished the immense task of building up the Church of England in South Australia. His Tractarian churchmanship was divisive, but it proved to be a firm basis for the Church and imparted to the diocese of Adelaide its distinctive character' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography').
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