Hymns of the Ages : Second Series, being selections from Wither, Crashaw, Southwell, Habington, and other sources. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. [11535]
Dark maroon pebble cloth decorated in blind, gilt to spine, top page edge gilt, good joints. Small private library ticket, "Library of Julia M. Williams." Round blindstamp on ffep, "Sprague & Brother, Book Sellers, 51 State S.; Albany, N. Y." vii, [3], 336 clean pp. Printed in old font, with the long and short "s". Very good. Hardcover.
Hymns set as poetry, words only, no music.
In addition to the authors listed in the title, there are selections from Jeremy Taylor, Henry Vaughan, Charles Wesley, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lydia Huntley, Madame Guyon, Robert Browning, J. R. Lowell, Phoebe Carey, Caroline Fry, &c.
