Das Gemeinschaftliche Gesangbuch, zum gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch der Lutherischen und Reformirten Gemeinden in Nord-America. Auf Verlangen der meisten Prediger beyder Benennungen gesammelt, und von den Committeen zweyer Ministerien geprüft und genehmiget. Greunsburg [Greensburg, PA]: J. S. Steck, 1828. Feunfte Auflage [Fifth Edition]. [11187]
Full leather, crazed, worn edges & joints, lacks the title label, boards weakly attached, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches. First front free end paper torn with loss. [I]-XVI, 1-370, iv. Text is complete; dark foxing, stains. Printed in double columns. Fair. Hardcover.
Arndt & Eck 2928: "Advertised in Der Volksfreund, Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 12, 1827." Shoemaker 33328.
494 Psalms and Hymns, words only; no music, tunes indicated by title. Includes index.
The imprint: Jacob Samuel Steck (1796-1859), b. Greensburg, PA; d. Brookville, Pa. He was a German language printer in Greensburg from about 1820; in later life he became an innkeeper. His father and brother were both ministers in the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
