Watts, Isaac. Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, applied to the Christian State and Worship. Boston: Published by Lemuel Blake | Lincoln & Edmands, Printers, 1808. [9834]
Full leather, joints good, brown spine title label covers a red one underneath, brown label partially worn away (see pics). Binding with gilt panels front and back, gilt lines to spine; 9 x 6 cm (3 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches). Blue marbled end papers, lacks both front & rear first free end papers. First several leaves nearly detached (i-16). Second title page is "The Psalms of David Imitated...", same imprint. Possibly missing a frontispiece, the pages are (1-2) first tp., (1-2) second tp, (7)-334, [2], (i)-288; text complete. Small marks at the beginning of each psalm or hymn, perhaps a code for use. Rear free end papers weakly attached. Good. Full leather.
The Hymns section has a separate title page: Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. Boston: Lemuel Blake, 1808.
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
