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PSALMS
[Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Sternhold and Hopkins. 1706]
The whole book of Psalms: collected into English metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer, and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses for their godly solace and comfort, laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
London (Place), printed by W.B. for the Company of Stationers,, 1706.
52, [4] p. ; 28.7 cm. (4º)

Text in three columns, ruled in red. In this edition, 'Collected into English Metre,' on the title-page occupies one line. Final sig.: G4. ESTC t82258.

Copy Notes Bound at the end of vol. II of The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, London: printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1706 (q.v.).

Binding C18th morocco with blind-tooled decorated panels on covers and blind-tooled spine compartments.

Reference Number 460

Additional Names Company of Stationers; Sternhold, Thomas (d.$1549); Hopkins, John (d.$1570); Church of England - Prayerbooks and devotions, Early works to 1800


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