Baker, B. F.; Johnson, A. N. The Handel Collection of Church Music, containing a complete collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Chants, Sentences and Anthems, to which is added a Full and Complete Elementary Course, A Cantata for Singing Schools, entitled The Storm King, by B. F. Baker, and an abridged Arrangement of Handel's Oratorio of Samson. Boston: J. R. Miller, &c., (1854). First Edition. [11324]
Leather spine with printed paper boards, edge-worn and soiled, joints good, oblong 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Bookplate removed, lacks the free end papers (blanks) front and back. 367 pages, text block tight; final leaf of the index torn with loss of the bottom half, damp stains on the first and last several leaves, see photo of the title page. Fair. Hardcover.
The music is in four parts with round notes. The instruction section is the first 36 pages; this includes an illustration of the voice organs.
