Hamilton, Edward. The Sanctus : A Collection of Sacred Music, Full and Complete in every Department; adapted to the Worship of all Protestant Denominations. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Company, (1857). [12217]
Stamped in black ink, "I. M. Keith" on the front cover and free end paper. Brown leather spine, printed orange paper over card (hardcover), oblong 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Old damp stain on the covers and end papers, and on the edges of the first several leaves, including the title page. The text in general is otherwise clean. 368 pages; engraving of the vocal organs in the instruction section. Good. Hardcover.
"A. P. Kidder's Music Typography. Stereotyped by Dillingham and Bragg, 41 Congress Street, Boston" on the copyright page.
The music is in four parts with round notes.
Edward Hamilton (1812-1870), compiler of American church music, active 1845-1862.