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Book title: Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs
Watts, Isaac, Rev.
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. A new edition, including the supplementary hymns with improved indexes and tables of contents. Corrected and revised by the Rev. G. Burder. London, 1812.
24mo, contemporary dark blue straight grain morocco, back and sides elaborately gilt tooled, gilt edges.
A nicely detailed and attractive view of Rye, Sussex, is painted on the fore-edge. The binding is an excellent example of the best work of the period.
I. Title.
07_04_000053A
Fore-edge/fanned to the right
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