Winchell, James M. An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. To which are added Indexes, very much enlarged and improved; to facilitate the use of the whole in finding Psalms or Hymns, suited to particular subjects or occasions. Boston: James Loring, 1818. First Edition. [8472]
Two books bound as one. Full leather with a maroon leather title label & gilt lines to spine, 3 x 5 3/4 inches, binding rubbed and worn yet intact outer hinges, tight. Lacks both front blanks and one rear one. lxi., 684 selections (not pages) and a scripture index. This first book is an inch and a half thick. The second book has xii., 327 hymns (not pages) and an index of subjects. It is 1/2 inch thick. The books, with the binding, is 2 1/4 inches thick. Very good.
Bound with A Selection of more than Three Hundred Hymns, from the most approved Authors, on a great variety of Subjects. Among which are All the Hymns of Dr.Watts, adapted to Public and Private Worship, not found in the Editions now in use. By James M. Winchell, A. M. Boston: James Loring, and Lincoln & Edmands. 1819.
"The preeminent book in the line of Watts, Rippon, and supplements was the work of James M. Winchell (1791-1820), the short-lived pastor of First Baptist Church, Boston...Adopting Rippon's approach to meeting all the needs of worshippers, Winchell and his successors also made the supplement of 327 hymns available separately and provided a complimentary tunebook." - Music & Richardson, "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story", p. 163.
With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.