Hymns, Original and Selected, for Public and Private Worship, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Philadelphia: Published by Direction of the General Synod, 1850. Sixteenth Revised Edition | Fifth Edition of the Lutheran Board of Publication. [11060]
Brown morocco with an elaborate gilt design to both boards & spine, "Susan Keyser" in gilt to front, black rules to spine, all edges gilt, 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Waxed yellow end papers. [i]-x, [1]-676; [1]-43 generally clean pp., infrequent foxing.
The copyright to this edition is 1850; it probably dates from about 1860. The last 43 pages have a separate title page: Formula for the Government and Discipline of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, same imprint.
1.024 hymns; words only, no music.
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
