Die kleine geistliche Harfe der kinder Zions oder auserlesene geistreiche Gesänge.
182025569Germantaun: Gedruckt bey Michael Billmeyer 1820. 12mo 17.3 cm 6.8". Frontis. 4 39 1 412 20 20 pp. 21/22 lacking. <br><br>Third printing following the first of 1803 of the first Mennonite hymnal printed in the United States. The Psalms were translated and paraphrased under the supervision of the Franconia Mennonite Conference for the use of eastern Pennsylvania Mennonites. Music is present in the first portion though the bulk of the volume is of words. => It's an engaging fact that psalms are given in multiple versions; there are four of the 23d.<br>Â Â Â Â Arndt and Eck cite Bender who says "This first American Mennonite Hymnbook is => not to be confused with one of similar title printed by Saur at Germantown in 1753 called erroneously by Seidensticker and Flory a Mennonite hymnbook." Each portion of this item has a separate title-page with the second section's title-page reading Sammlung altre und neuer Geistreichen Gesänge. The woodcut frontispiece depicts David playing his harp. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Arndt & Eck 2419; Shoemaker 2239. Contemporary calf rebacked some time ago spine with gilt-stamped leather title and publication labels; rubbed with leather open across joints but volume still quite firm; original clasps now lacking. Front fly-leaves with early inked and pencilled inscriptions. Final leaf pp. 21/22 of the 22-page appendix of brief hymn texts not of the main portion of the work lacking. Edge nicks chips and tears some extending into text; three leaves torn in half from outer margin without loss of text; two leaves one index with lower outer corner torn away with loss of a few words; last two leaves with outer edges ragged. Some upper corners bumped. Pages browned with waterstaining to lower inner portions of about a third of the volume. Gedruckt bey Michael Billmeyer hardcover books
