Watts, I.; Doddridge, P. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns founded on various texts in the Holy Scriptures; Published from the Author's Manuscript. A New Edition, Corrected. London: J. F. and C. Rivington..&c., 1783 | 1776. [9838]
Two books bound as one. Full calf, scuffed with vertical crease to spine, front joint with surface crack, spine ends worn with loss. 15.5 x 9.2 cm (6 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches), spine with raised bands & gilt lines, no title to spine. "Mattw Chater, 1802" in black ink on front paste-down. xiii., (1)-2, 1-8 Engraved Tunes, 3-317, xxiii; (i)-xxvi, 1-242; xxiv, (1)-50, 53-329, (i)-xix). Text of Watts with some edge-tattering affecting a few words; Doddridge lacks 1 leaf, pp. 51-2. Good. Full leather.
Watts's date is 1783; Doddridge is 1776. An interesting 8 pp. section of engraved music at the front of Watts.
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.