[Miniature] The Harp of Zion, or Revival Melodist (1833)

[Miniature] The Harp of Zion, or Revival Melodist: A Collection of Approved Hymns, Comprising all in general use, For the Closet and Family, and for Prayer Meetings. New-York: J. Arthur, 1833. [9824]

Black leather with gilt title, borders, and harp to front, all faded. Small 7.5 x 4.5 cm (2 15/16 x 1 3/4 inches), black & yellow marbled end papers, frontispiece wood engraving of harp-player and woman in grove. 216 pp., text complete, lacks one front free end paper. "Elizabeth Campbell's Book, Montague...[rest illegible] inscription on final end papers. Very good. Hardcover.

Contains Preface, Index of First Lines, and 181 hymns, words only.

"The Harp of Zion is intended chiefly for revivals; - and it has therefore been the design of the compiler to select such Hymns as presented the greatest vigor in the composition, and the greatest animation in sentiment, - while at the same time he has aimed to prune his collection from those ephemeral productions which are sometimes sung in revivals, but which possessing no intrinsic merit, are not calculated to produce a lively spirit of devotion." - Preface. 

With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.