Smith, Joshua; Northrup, William. Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs; for the use of Religious Assemblies and Private Christians: Being formerly a collection by Joshua Smith - and Others; Twelfth Edition, With additions by William Northrup. Norwich, [CT]: Printed and Sold by Russell Hubbard, 1811. Twelfth Edition. [8928]
Leather spine, once had blue paper over boards, wooden boards now completely exposed, 6 1/2 x 4 inches, diagonal crease to back board. Lacks both front and one rear blank. 199 (5) pp., text complete and very good. Good. Hardcover.
Shaw & Shoemaker 23946.
William Northrup (1760-1812), was a Baptist minister in Rhode Island.
"The progenitor of Divine Hymns, Joshua Smith (1760-1795), was a lay preacher affiliated with Baptist congregations in Caanan and Brentwood, New Hampshire. This book went through at least two dozen editions from 1791 to 1816. The titles of the editions varied, as did the collaborators and the publishers." - Music & Richardson, "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story", p. 138.
With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.