1787 PHILADELPHIA 1^st ed Psalms of David & Hymns Isaac Watts American Bible

A beautifully-bound example of Isaac Watts’ translation and edits of the Psalms of David. This book features multiple versions of each Psalm in various meters – long meter, short meter, and common meter. Even though no music is printed in this edition, many of the chapters indicate to be sung with ‘the common tune.’

This 1787 edition was an early American printing published in Philadelphia.

Item number: #26099

Price: $750

WATTS, Isaac

Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America. : Being an improvement of the old versions of the Psalms of David. : Allowed by the Reverend Synod of New-York and Philadelphia, to be used in churches and private families.

Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head, in Market Street., MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]. (Same year as US CONSTITUTION!)

Details:

·       Collation:

o   ix, [2], 12-307

·       References: Evans 20229

·       Provenance: Handwritten

o   A. Boyd

o   John Boyd, 1789

·       Language: English

·       Binding: Leather; tight and secure

·       Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in (17cm x 10.5cm)

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