The plain-song is arranged by Sir John Stainer, Mus. Doc. Oxon.

"The making of this Altar Book was begun about the feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, A.D. Mdcccxciii, and finished at Easter, A.D. Mdcccxcvi, by Daniel Berkeley Updike and Harold Brown, laymen of the Diocese of Rhode Island."--Colophon.

"The type for this volume was set at The Merrymount Press, Boston, and three hundred and fifty copies of the book were printed at The De Vinne Press, New York".--Colophon.

Printing information taken from the colophon.

Title vignette and tail piece : coats of arms engraved by Charles Sherborn.

Borders, initials, type, and binding designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue.

Printed in red and black.

Seven leaves of plates designed by Robert Anning Bell, included in pagination, with each plate and following page of text within ornamental border.