WATTS, Isaac

(Split Hymnal) The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament. [with:] A Valuable Collection of Sacred Musick, Adapted to the Various Metres in Watts

Exeter, N. H: J. J. Williams, 1818. [First Edition Thus] No Indication of Printing or Edition. 8vo, contemp full calf, spine ruled in gilt. Text bound above, pp. 250 (4 unnumbered, list of subscribers), music below, pp. 250, entirely music -- Name in ink on front paste-down. Light stain to upper portion of the text on the first 20 or so pages. Calf rubbed; endpapers wanting. --. Very good condition. Item #10655

Advertisement on verso of the text: "The public is here offered a valuable collection of approved tunes bound with Watts' Psalms, in such a manner that any tune may be presented to the eye with any psalm or hymn. This construction, the benefit of which is secured to the inventor by patent, it is believed will be found convenient for the purposes of public worship; and with an anxious solicitude that it may have a fair experiment, the plan is respectively submitted by the proprietor to the judgment and patronage of the public".--Moses Elliot. October 1818.

Price: $300.00