Dobell, John. A New Selection of Seven Hundred Evangelical Hymns, For Private, Family, and Public Worship, (Many Original) from more than two hundred of the best Authors in England, Scotland, Ireland, & America, Arranged in Alphabetical Order; Intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. Morris-Town, [N. J.]: Published by Peter A. Johnson. Henry P. Russell, Printer, 1810. First American Edition. [11309]
Full leather with red leather title label, worn, joints cracked, call letters removed from spine, old paper label to same - "1st. American Edition, Morristown." Library blindstamp on title page and final leaf. [xxiv), 702, [xxvi] pages; foxing. Good. Hardcover.
Starr, A Baptist Bibliography, no. D2114.
701 hymns plus 15 choruses, words only, no music. Indexes.
John Dobell (1757-1840), English Baptist author and hymn compiler. First published in England, 1806.
With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
