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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manycats, post: 1619195, member: 13761&quot;]The Book of Common Prayer is common enough, and Eyre and Spottiswoode were a large mainstream publisher. The nice binding is indeed what will attract attention: pity it&#039;s so rough. Velvet is uncommon - leather of various types would be more typical. It does, however, seem to have been a specific object - Abebooks has several on offer, dated from 1850-52 (I set those years to keep it narrow), with a similar shield on the front, mostly in leather cases. I speculate they were wielded by traveling churchmen.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;cm_sp=SearchF-_-Advtab1-_-Results&amp;ds=30&amp;kn=velvet&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;sts=t&amp;tn=book%20of%20common%20prayer&amp;yrh=1852&amp;yrl=1850" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;cm_sp=SearchF-_-Advtab1-_-Results&amp;ds=30&amp;kn=velvet&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;sts=t&amp;tn=book%20of%20common%20prayer&amp;yrh=1852&amp;yrl=1850" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;cm_sp=SearchF-_-Advtab1-_-Results&amp;ds=30&amp;kn=velvet&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;sts=t&amp;tn=book of common prayer&amp;yrh=1852&amp;yrl=1850</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The gilt decorations are called &#039;gauffered edges&#039; - you can use that search term on eBay to find many examples. I do not see the word &#039;King&#039; you speak of, but it may be a fore-edge painting, which would increase the interest level, depending on how elaborate it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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