Watts, I. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New-Testament, And applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, For Thomas & Andrews, and Manning & Loring, 1803. (First Boston Revision). [11299]
Later 19th century binding in half black leather, black pebbled cloth boards, worn with cracked joints, top of spine worn with loss, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Back joint secure, front is starting to detach. Title page to Psalms torn with partial loss of imprint at bottom corner, first leaf of Table trimmed close, first few leaves of Table with some edge-tattering. Psalms: [1]-333, [1]; Hymns: [1]-287 pp. Text block tight, some light stains. Good. Hardcover.
Separate title page and numbers for "Hymns"; same imprint.
The first issue of what has been called the Boston Revision.
[H 1] in Benson, The American Revisions of Watts's Psalms, p. 30-31. "A separate group of editions of Watts's Psalms may be referred to as a Boston revision, so many of the type appearing there, especially with the imprint of Manning and Loring. The titles of these have nothing to indicate a revision of any kind. The text is made from the original with the aid principally of the Barlow and Worcester editions. Psalms LX and LXXV present the peculiarities of the Worcester text. Other psalms vary from both that and Barlow's. An ear-mark of these editions is Psalm XXI, C. M., the title of which reads, 'Psalm XXI. Com. Metre. Altered.' The Psalms and Hymns are generally bound together."
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
