Dobell, John. A New Selection of Eight Hundred Evangelical Hymns, from the Best Authors in England, Scotland, Ireland, America, &c. including a Great Number of Originals; for Public and Family Worship; Alphabetically arranged, in Three Parts: I. Perfections of God, II. Character of Christ, III. General Subjects; being a Complete Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. London: Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, and Moore & Sydenham, ca. 1830. Third Edition, with Additional Hymns. [11303]
Gift inscription on ffep dated 1832. Red leather bordered in gilt, "Hymns" on spine, front board & end papers detached, text block tight , 6 x 3 1/2 inches. Unpaged; the book is 1 1/2 inches thick; all page edges gilt. Good. Hardcover.
"Hymns numbered 1-687, doxologies, 688-701; 15 choruses; 1 additional hymn. Many hymn numbers are repeated. Additional hymns are inserted in this edition while the consecutive numbering of the first edition is retained." - worldcat.
Starr, A Baptist Bibliography, D2109.
The date of this undated edition is uncertain. It may be earlier than 1830, for a "Third Edition" with a date was published in London in 1826. It can be no later than 1832, given the inscription.
John Dobell (1757-1840), English Baptist author and hymn compiler. The first edition of this compilation was published in 1806 with 700 hymns.
With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
