3066414 \'The Book of Common Prayer\', detail of a fore-edge painting of \'A Billiard Game\', 1772 (w/c on paper) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Oxford: T. Wright and W. Gill for S. Crowder and W. Jackson, 1772. 8o (224 x 128 mm). (Some spotting and staining.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, covers with wide gilt border with dog-tooth roll and alternating fleurons, smooth spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered in one, a repeated gilt panel in the rest, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of A BILLIARD GAME after Thomas Rowlandson (corners worn, covers lightly scuffed). ); Photo 穢 Christie\'s Images.