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1771373724Boston: Printed by William M'Alpine for and sold by John Perkins in Union-Street near the market 1771. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked. Expert restoration. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. ETSC records only two examples of this issue AAS and NYPL. Evans 11987; ESTC W4709; Welch 1072.27 Printed [by William M'Alpine] for and sold by John Perkins, in Union-Street, near the market unknown
17642230397Germantown PA: Christoph Sauer 1764. No Binding. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. See photos for condition details. This original binding is missing both boards and at least half of the spine. The first end page has a hand drawn color calligraphic title along with additional handwriting which is difficult to read. This edition was first published in 1744 by Christopher Sauer Seniorand then this edition was printed by his son: Christopher Sauer II and contained 575 hymns of which 28 were added to the original. In 1743 Sauer Senior published the first German-language Bible to be printed in North America the first in any European language. The main book of 570 pages are darkened due to age but are for the most part in good condition. The damaged portions as seen in the images is the index in the back of "Melodien Register" where the pages are mostly there but are folded up and torn in the lower outside corner. The last remaining pages which are heavily damaged in the same area has a title page reading "Ein Besang". No attempt has been made to unfold these crimps because it may damage the paper itself but the last couple pages are incomplete. No other handwriting was found in the book other than that on the first page. A couple pages in the main body have minor corner folds. The last few pages are in English the rest of the book is in German. <br/> <br/> Christoph Sauer unknown
178525422Hartford: Printed by Barlow and Babcock 1785. The First Edition of Barlow's revision of Watt's Imitation of the Psalms. 300 10 4 301-348 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep front hinge off. With the name of the owner Abraham Pierson Psalm Book with fraktur design on front free-endpaper seperated. The First Edition of Barlow's revision of Watt's Imitation of the Psalms. 300 10 4 301-348 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Evans 18931 Printed by Barlow and Babcock unknown
1773138571Amsterdam 'S Graavenhaage : Bij Hendrick Christoffel Gutteling 1773. First Edition. Hardback. Scattere marginal foxing. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 438 pages; Physical desc. : pp. 3. 438. 8vo. Subjects; Bible. Psalms. Dutch. Metrical Versions. States General Version. [Amsterdam], 'S Graavenhaage : Bij Hendrick Christoffel Gutteling hardcover
176218193Cambridge J. Baskerville, 1762 ; grand in-12, maroquin rouge, dentelle d’encadrement des plats, dos très décoré et doré, roulette sur les coupes et d’intérieur, tranches dorées (reliure de l’époque), 202 ff. non chiffrés (coll. a, b, c, A-Z, Aa-Hh 6 ; A3, B-I 6, K 1).
173023953Paris Guillaume Desprez, et Jean Desessartz 1730 in-18 plein-veau 1 volume, reliure plein veau brun raçiné in-16 (binding full calfskin in-16) (15,8 x 9 cm), RELIURE D'EPOQUE, dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands), richement décoré "or" et à froid (richly gilt and blind stamping decoration), titre frappé "or", pièce de titre sur fond bordeaux avec 1 filet "or" et un filet perlé "or" en encadrement, roulette "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid de part et d'autre, entre-nerfs à fleuron "or" dans un encadrement d'1 filet "or" et un filet perlé "or" avec rinceaux "or" aux angles, roulette feuillage "or" en pied, plats décorés à froid d'un filet à froid en encadrement, roulette "or" sur les coupes (fillets on the cuts) avec léger manque de dorure (blurred gilding), roulette "or" en encadrement sur les chasses, toutes tranches lisses rouges, pages de garde peignées à motif "caillouté" (painting endpaper), sans illustrations (no illustration) excepté une vignette au titre gravée sur bois en noir (le frontispice gravé par Nicolas Pitau d'après Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne manque), [11]-XXVIII-402-[6] pages, 1679 A Paris, chez Pierre Le Petit Editeur,
172755069London: printed by John Baskett. and by the Assigns of Henry Hills decease'd 1727. Later edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three parts folio in fours 38 by 24 cm. 380 23 3 table pp; text in two columns. Additional engraved title page; main title in red and black; woodcut initials and ornaments. Contemporary two-tone paneled calf triple-ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands elaborately tooled in gilt morocco lettering piece; gilt inner dentelles; marbled endleaves; all edges gilt. Covers very lightly scuffed with mild traces of wear at extremities; upper joint just starting at top; occasional touches of mild mostly marginal foxing. A very good or better copy complete and handsomely bound.<br /> <br /> An uncommon and beautifully printed edition of the Book of Common Prayer "the first single manual of worship in a vernacular language directed to be used universally by and common to both priest and people" Carter and Muir. Despite early revisions and some major alterations following the Restoration the original simplicity of the language has been presevered the text remaining substantially unaltered since 1662. References: ESTC N67554 locates only 4 copies. Cf. Carter & Muir Printing and the Mind of Man 75 ed. 1549. Collation: pi1 a-c4 A-Aaa4 Bbb2 = 203 leaves. printed by John Baskett... and by the Assigns of Henry Hills, decease'd hardcover
17761744London: Printed by Richard Hett for the Company of Stationers 1776. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 203 x 123 mm. 236 4 pp. Collation: A-P8 COMPLETE. Contemporary Liverpool binding of full red morocco elaborately gilt; wide gilt border of urns and flowers surrounding a black inlay gilt with the name of the first owner: "William Pole Esqr. / Mayor 1778." Marbled pastedowns and endpapers a.e.g. Trifle wear to binding extremities. Preserved in a dark brown cloth protective case. AN ELEGANT LIVERPOOL BINDING. While the workshop is still-unnamed twenty examples are known to us including two bindings that were bound for two different Liverpool Lord Mayors. ¶ 1. Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Robert Landor Church Warden of St. Paul's Church 1782 --> now Boston Athenaeum ¶ 2. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool Mayor John Brown dated 1772 Lathrop Harper Cat. 239 item 101 --> Christie's London 25 June 1997 lot 154 ¶ 3. Bible Cambridge 1768 -- Earls of Derby Knowsley Hall Library Lancashire near Liverpool --> Sale Christie's London 1954 --> now Liverpool University Library Knowsley 705 ¶ 4. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes as above -- Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum PML 12936 ¶ 5. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1770 -- Maggs Cat. 966 item 154 ¶ 6. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1770 bound for presentation to George III -- Maggs Cat. 893 item 111 ¶ 7. Bible London 1767 bound for "MB" i.e. Maria Barclay presented to her in NYC by her son-in-law Col. Stephen Delancy ¶ 8. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1773 bound for Liverpool attorneys Richard Gerard and James Clemens "Gent. Bailiffs 1773" formerly Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection Chicago Illinois sold Leslie Hindman auction 6 Nov 2013 Lot 216 ¶ 9. John Morrison The Advantages of an Alliance with the Great Mogul London 1774 British Library 280e18 ¶ 10. New Version of the Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Thomas Hutton Gent. Bailiff 1781 --> Clive Coates Helperby Hall Yorkshire --> now Richard Linenthal London ¶ 11-13. Three vols. at least from a collection of more than 300 Liverpool related items sold at Bonhams 11 Nov. 2015 lot 67 including Psalm and Common Prayer books bound for John Dixon St. Paul's Church Warden 1781; Thomas Hutton see No. 10 above and Joseph Birch Gent. Bailiffs; Charles Pole Edmund Rigby Gent. Bailiffs 1783 Richard Linenthal kindly drew my attention to this lot ¶ 14. Bible Cambridge 1768 two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool slave trader John Sparling 1731-1800 --> Messrs. Peter Harrington as of 1/2020 ¶ 15. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1793 early provenance indeterminate Maggs Catalogue 1075 Part II no. 240. NB: in their description Messrs. Maggs state that this binder was also responsible for the example published in their Catalogue 966 no. 191; I do not agree ¶ 16. The present binding executed in 1778 for William Pole Esq. Mayor of Liverpool from 1778-1779 dated 1778. Pole was Collector of Stamp Duties and Agent of the Sun Fire Office a long biographical note appears in pencil on first blank leaf -- subsequently in the library of noted Liverpool bibliophile and philanthropist Rev. Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates 1843-1903 with his armorial bookplate. ¶ 17-18. Bible London 1775 4to. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1781 bound with Psalms Cambridge 1785 formerly with Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts. NB: the two volumes were bound by the bespoke workshop using two sets of tools. ¶ 19. Llyfr Wgeddi Gyffredin etc. Cambridge 1770 --> George III crowned initials added now British Library 222g9. ¶ 20. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1788 bound in 1791 for Henry Blundess Esq. Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1791-1792 and 1793-1794 with Maggs 4/12/24. <br /> <br /> The work of an imitator of this binder greatly inferior in technical ability is found on a copy of the 1790 Oxford New Testament in the British Library C108c28 which is reproduced in the BL Bookbindings Database. <br /> <br /> The names of early Liverpool bookbinders are few but we have located two of them in Gore's 1766 "Liverpool Directory" namely Peter Wright on Bixteth Street and Richard Wright on George Street. The work of the present binder was not within the scope of Ramsden's "Bookbinders of the United Kingdom Outside London 1780-1840. It would appear that the Wrights continued working in Liverpool for some time. According to Ramsden the name Richard Wright appears in the 1777 and 1781 directories and Peter Wright in the 1790 directory. In the 1793 records of burials at Our Lady and St Nicholas Liverpool a certain William Wright is listed as a bookbinder on Sweeting Street.<br /> <br /> ¶ This edition of the Psalms is scarce: ESTC T206585 lists only 5 copies worldwide none in America. Printed by Richard Hett, for the Company of Stationers hardcover
1739AQ30407Paris: Chez Charles Osmont 1739. lxxii 502pp. Near contemporary blind-tooled light brown morocco lettered in gilt to spine A.E.G. Lightly rubbed.Marbled endpapers internally clean and crisp. An mid-eighteenth century Parisian edition of the psalms translated from the Hebrew and annotated by Benedictine theologian Maur Dantine 1688-1746. . Nouvelle edition. 12mo. Chez Charles Osmont unknown
17907033London publish'd by W. Miller 1790. . 1790 4to. 4 xlvii 1 142 p. Engraved throughout except for the Preface which is signed Edward Miller Doncaster March 1790 the List of Subscribers and the Advertisement which are printed by letterpress. Contemporary quarter calf which is worn but sound. The spine with raised bands lacking its label. The contents are clean and tight. London, publish'd by W. Miller, hardcover
17727109Edinburgh: J. Robertson 1772. 8vo. 1 f. 346 pp. <br><br>Scarce first edition of this private translation a classical Latin paraphrase of the psalms in dactylic hexameters by George Buchanan 150682 with an accompanying Latin prose version and an English translation by Andrew Waddel. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T124032; not in Darlow & Moule. Ex-library: library buckram covers pressure-stamped spine with gilt title and paper shelf label. Fine chipping at head and foot of spine. Front pastedown with bookplate; rear free endpaper with charge pocket. Hinges inside open but sewing holding. Front free endpaper detached. Interior rubber-stamps including one on title-page. Lightly age-toned throughout. Some dog ears a few obscuring page number. Inked ownership inscription on title-page. J. Robertson hardcover books
1777126951777. Het Boek der Psalmen nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. Door last van de Hoog Mogende Heeren Staaten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden Uit drie Berijmingen In den jaare 1773 gekooren. Met de noodige daar in gemaakte veranderingen. With: Catechismus Gebeden en Formulieren. 2 werken in 1 band n.p. 68 p. Zeldzaam miniatuur psalmboekje in originele schildpadband met 2 filigrain zilveren sloten 4 filigrain zilveren scharnierstukken zilveren rug en goud op snede boekblok 32°. H. 82 x B. 55 x D. 2 cm. Een compleet en keurig exemplaar in een fraaie schildpadband met zilverbeslag. Kleine restauratie in de linkerbovenhoek van het voorplat. Het gebruik van het schild van de schildpad als bindmateriaal werd populair in de 17e en 18e eeuw en werd voornamelijk gebruikt voor het binden van religieuze geschriften kleine Bijbels gebedenboeken en geschenkboeken voor de gegoede burgerij. Het materiaal werd verkregen van uitheemse zeeschildpadden en was geliefd vanwege het uiterlijk de glans en de zeldzaamheid. Minder dan 4 procent van de luxere banden die in Nederland werden gebonden in de 18e eeuw werd in ander materiaal dan leer en perkament gebonden. Deze banden werden gezien als luxer en waren duurder. Dit geldt temeer voor schildpad aangezien de schilden niet op grote schaal werden geïmporteerd hierdoor bleef het materiaal kostbaar en alleen toegankelijk voor de rijken. 2 works in one binding engraved titlepage n.p. 68 p. Contemporary miniature Tortoiseshell binding with 2 silver clasps 4 silver hinges silver spine and gilt-edged text block 32° H. 82 x L.55 x W. 2 cm. Dutch church book containing the Psalms -with musical notation- and the Forms. Attractive binding bound in black with ochre coloured flamed tortoiseshell with silver double clasp 4 hinges and silver spine. The clasps hasps and joints on the spine are identically decorated with ornamental designs around a pattern of leaves. The use of tortoiseshell as a bookbinding material became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was primarily used to bind religious texts small Bibles prayer books and gift books for the wealthy middle class. The material came from exotic marine turtles and was valued due to its beauty shine and rarity. -The name tortoiseshell can therefore be misleading because the material has nothing to do with land tortoises. Fewer than 4 percent of the luxury bindings made in the Netherlands in the 18th century were covered in materials other than leather and vellum. These bindings were regarded as richer and were more expensive. This is considered even more for tortoise shells since the shells were not imported in large amounts; due to this the material remained expensive and only available for the rich. Minor repair in the upper left corner of the front cover. A firm and excellent early tortoiseshell binding. Literature: Dijstelberge P. 2011. Papieren pracht uit de Amsterdamse Gouden Eeuw p. 69-71 / Noordwijk B. van 2006. Zondags Zilver. Drie eeuwen versierde kerkboekjes p. 209-217 / Rijkelijkhuizen M.J. 2010. Tortoiseshell in the 17th and 18th Century Dutch Republic p. 96-106. hardcover
1775AUB-8235A Genève chez Bonnant & Roth 1775. Bel exemplaire relié, reliure plein cuir ornée, tranches dorée, emboîtage conservé, in-16, 504 pages.
177086921770 A Genève, chez Pellet & fils, imprimeurs, 1770. Un volume in-12° (156 x 97) de 600+48 pages. Reliure en plein maroquin rouge, large dentelle dorée sur les plats, dos à nerfs ornés, tranches dorées, gardes en papier dominoté, traces de fermoirs sur les plats.
1770R113695Lovanii [Leuven], Typis academicis 1770 Complete in 2 volumes, [2] + LXIV + 623pp. & [2] + 828pp., 26cm., text in Latin, uniform 19th cy. hardcover bindings (spines in brown leather, gilt title), marbled endpapers, with head- and tail pieces & ornamental initials, stamp at blanco endpaper, text is clean and bright, weight: 3.7kg., R113695
1766R108651Paris, chez Antoine Boudet 1766 [16] + 626 + [iv] pp., 18cm., reliure plein-cuir (coins et coiffes frottées), feuilles de garde décorées, ancien ex-dono sur la première feuille blanche, texte frais, R108651
17081994Chez Jean Moreau,1708.-1 volume petit in-8 plein veau. Dos à nerfs à compartiments ornés, coins et coiffes usés. Les versets sont présentés en latin, avec la tradustion en regard, et une interprétation de l'auteur. Assez bon état.
17761744London: Printed by Richard Hett for the Company of Stationers 1776. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 203 x 123 mm. 236 4 pp. Collation: A-P8 COMPLETE. Contemporary Liverpool binding of full red morocco elaborately gilt; wide gilt border of urns and flowers surrounding a black inlay gilt with the name of the first owner: "William Pole Esqr. / Mayor 1778." Marbled pastedowns and endpapers a.e.g. Trifle wear to binding extremities. Preserved in a dark brown cloth protective case. AN ELEGANT LIVERPOOL BINDING. While the workshop is still-unnamed sixteen examples are known to us including two bindings that were bound for two different Liverpool Lord Mayors. ¶ 1. Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Robert Landor Church Warden of St. Paul's Church 1782 --> now Boston Athenaeum ¶ 2. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool Mayor John Brown dated 1772 Lathrop Harper Cat. 239 item 101 --> Christie's London 25 June 1997 lot 154 ¶ 3. Bible Cambridge 1768 -- Earls of Derby Knowsley Hall Library Lancashire near Liverpool --> Sale Christie's London 1954 --> now Liverpool University Library Knowsley 705 ¶ 4. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes as above -- Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum PML 12936 ¶ 5. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1770 -- Maggs Cat. 966 item 154 ¶ 6. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1770 bound for presentation to George III -- Maggs Cat. 893 item 111 ¶ 7. Bible London 1767 bound for "MB" i.e. Maria Barclay presented to her in NYC by her son-in-law Col. Stephen Delancy ¶ 8. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1773 bound for Liverpool attorneys Richard Gerard and James Clemens "Gent. Bailiffs 1773" formerly Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection Chicago Illinois sold Leslie Hindman auction 6 Nov 2013 Lot 216 ¶ 9. John Morrison The Advantages of an Alliance with the Great Mogul London 1774 British Library 280e18 ¶ 10. New Version of the Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Thomas Hutton Gent. Bailiff 1781 --> Clive Coates Helperby Hall Yorkshire --> now Richard Linenthal London ¶ 11-13. Three vols. at least from a collection of more than 300 Liverpool related items sold at Bonhams 11 Nov. 2015 lot 67 including Psalm and Common Prayer books bound for John Dixon St. Paul's Church Warden 1781; Thomas Hutton see No. 10 above and Joseph Birch Gent. Bailiffs; Charles Pole Edmund Rigby Gent. Bailiffs 1783 Richard Linenthal kindly drew my attention to this lot ¶ 14. Bible Cambridge 1768 two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool slave trader John Sparling 1731-1800 --> Messrs. Peter Harrington as of 1/2020 ¶ 15. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1793 early provenance indeterminate Maggs Catalogue 1075 Part II no. 240. NB: in their description Messrs. Maggs state that this binder was also responsible for the example published in their Catalogue 966 no. 191; I do not agree ¶ 16. The present binding executed in 1778 for William Pole Esq. Mayor of Liverpool from 1778-1779 dated 1778. Pole was Collector of Stamp Duties and Agent of the Sun Fire Office a long biographical note appears in pencil on first blank leaf -- subsequently in the library of noted Liverpool bibliophile and philanthropist Rev. Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates 1843-1903 with his armorial bookplate.<br/><br/>The names of early Liverpool bookbinders are few but we have located two of them in Gore's 1766 "Liverpool Directory" namely Peter Wright on Bixteth Street and Richard Wright on George Street. The work of the present binder was not within the scope of Ramsden's "Bookbinders of the United Kingdom Outside London 1780-1840. It would appear that the Wrights continued working in Liverpool for some time. According to Ramsden the name Richard Wright appears in the 1777 and 1781 directories and Peter Wright in the 1790 directory. In the 1793 records of burials at Our Lady and St Nicholas Liverpool a certain William Wright is listed as a bookbinder on Sweeting Street.<br/><br/>¶ This edition of the Psalms is scarce: ESTC T206585 lists only 5 copies worldwide none in America. Printed by Richard Hett, for the Company of Stationers hardcover books
1706128311706 veau marbré, dos à n. (usagé mais solide). fort in-12, (15ff.), 597pp., (9ff. tables), P. André Pralard, 1706
1767WRCAM45554New York: James Parker 1767. 447991431pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards leather label. Titlepage neatly repaired at bottom not affecting text. Two contemporary signatures on titlepage. Light tanning and scattered foxing. A very good copy. The first book of music printed from type in America. "This is the First Edition in English of the Prayer-Book of the Reformed Dutch Church of New York. It is a translation of the old Holland liturgy. The translation of the book from the Dutch was made by the Rev. John Livingston D.D. The Psalms were rendered into English verse by Francis Hopkinson one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. There are one hundred fifty Psalms in metre accompanied on every page by the printed music. The type for the music notes was ordered from Daniel Cromelin of Amsterdam in 1764. The Ten Commandments are also versified and supplied with music. These are followed by the Songs of Zacharias the Virgin Mary and Simeon. The same musical treatment is given to the Creed and the Lord's Prayer" - Church. EVANS 10561. ESTC W6234. CHURCH 1067. AMERICAN SACRED MUSIC IMPRINTS 398. James Parker hardcover books
1794R115966Amsterdam/ La Haye, chez D.J. Changuion/ chez H. Bakhuysen 1794 [256] + 267pp., 17cm., avec vignette gravée sur la p.d.t., jolie reliure d'époque en plein-cuir brun intacte et en bon état (sauf une petite manque au deuxième plat), décorations dorées au dos et aux plats, toutes tranches dorées, avec ex-libris, texte et intérieur sont frais sauf très peu de rousseurs, bon état, R115966
1764WRCLIT66992London: Printed by A. Wilde for the Company of Stationers 1764. 42324pp. Octavo. Contemporary smooth black morocco gilt extra a.e.g. Early female ownership signature on endsheet verso corner clipped from front binder's blank; binding worn and lower board detached light foxing else internally a good copy. From the library of Herbert Boyce Satcher with his booklabel and with the bookplate of the Satcher Bequest on the rear pastedown. One of Wilde's later editions in a - formerly - rather nice and characteristic contemporary binding. ESTC locates four copies of this edition. Herbert Boyce Satcher vicar of St. Aidan's parish Cheltenham PA 1924-1958 and authority on church music built an estimable collection of books on subjects both sacred and secular among the latter an extensive collection of the works of the Uranian poets and their fellow travellers. ESTC N6114. Printed by A. Wilde for the Company of Stationers unknown books
178525422Hartford: Printed by Barlow and Babcock 1785. The First Edition of Barlow's revision of Watt's Imitation of the Psalms. 300 10 4 301-348 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep front hinge off. With the name of the owner Abraham Pierson Psalm Book with fraktur design on front free-endpaper seperated. The First Edition of Barlow's revision of Watt's Imitation of the Psalms. 300 10 4 301-348 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. WITH FRAKTUR. Evans 18931 Printed by Barlow and Babcock unknown books
17707835Amsteldam By H. Brandt P. Schouten J. de Groot en J. Brandt. 1770s. 1770 8vo. 628 176 p. Music to the Psalms. Part title to Kerk-boek. Page size 16 x 9.5 cms. Contemporary red straight grain morocco binding. The boards panelled with a single line and an interlace roll. The spine with five raised bands and double gold lines. Lovely printed endpapers with flowers and scallop shells in horizontal bands. The gilt edges tastefully gauffred. Some light rubbing to edges and corners. The contents are clean and crisp. A well preserved service book with a light patina of use. Some light rubbing to edges and corners. The contents are clean and crisp. Amsteldam, By H. Brandt, P. Schouten, J. de Groot en J. Brandt. hardcover
1731314639N.p. Watertown or Woburn Mass. 1731. Ink on paper 38 of 41 leaves paginated irregularly 1-60 with an index. Lacking three leaves near the beginning with six tunes as per the index. 1 vols. Small oblong 8vo. Original limp leather binding in Cambridge style worn restitched. Lower cover and index leaf detached. Ownership signature of Nathaniel Clark 1731/2; later provenance notes loosely inserted. Ink on paper 38 of 41 leaves paginated irregularly 1-60 with an index. Lacking three leaves near the beginning with six tunes as per the index. 1 vols. Small oblong 8vo. Fascinating early colonial American manuscript book of tunes with family provenance suggesting connections to Watertown and Woburn Mass.<br/>The manuscript is a compilation of psalm and hymn tunes with some material deriving from the two American tune books published in the 1720s. There are 24 compositions from Walter The Grounds and Rules of Music and 37 compositions from Tufts An Introduction to the Art of Singing Psalm Tunes. Two are American compositions and are marked "new" in the manuscript: Psalm 100 and Southwell which figures in both Walter and Tufts.<br/>There are 60 compositions all but one of which are sacred. The one secular song is "The Sylvan Oracle" from Congreve's Judgment of Paris a Masque 1701 the first verses of which are inscribed here:<br/>Let ambition fire thy mind <br/> Thou wert born o'er men to reign <br/>Not to follow flocks design'd; <br/> Scorn thy crook and leave the plain. <br/><br/>Crowns I'll throw beneath thy feet <br/> Thou on necks of kings shall tread <br/>Joys in circles joys shall meet <br/> Which way e'er thy fancies lead.<br/><br/>The ownership signature "Nathaniel Clark His Book An. Dom. 1731/2" points to Nathaniel Clark 1698-1776 whose son Peter Clark was born in Woburn in 1738. Later family notes on provenance accompany the manuscript. Cf. Britton & Lownens 491-6 & 516-7 unknown books
