Watts, I.; Hastings, Th.; Patton, Wm. The Christian Psalmist, or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns, with Copious Selections from other Sources; The whole carefully revised and arranged, with directions for Musical Expression. New York: Ezra Collier | Stereotyped by Francis F. Ripley, 1836. First Edition. [9965]
Full morocco, blindstamped pattern to boards, gilt stars at corners, spine decorated with gilt titles & panels, joints fine, corner tips worn through. 15 x 9.3 cm (6 x 3 3/4 inches), blue & white marbled end papers, marbled page edges (faded), ffep partly loose. Ink name stamp of Hannah Benjamin in several places. (1)-626 pp., complete, tight. Foxing. Very good.
643 selections, words only, plus 2 pp. of Doxologies and indices. The selections have symbols in the margins signifying how the line or hymn is to be sung.
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.