Whitefield, G. Hymns for Social Worship. William Strahan, 17...
Whitefield, G. Hymns for Social Worship. William Strahan, 1753. First Edition.
This lot comprises a single volume of the first edition of Hymns for Social Worship, Collected from Various Authors, and More particularly design'd for the Use of the Tabernacle Congregation, in London. The work was compiled by George Whitefield, A.B., late of Pembroke College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Rt. Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon. The title page identifies the printer as William Strahan, London, M DCC LIII (1753), and notes that the book was to be sold at the Tabernacle near Moorfields.
The volume is an octavo-sized work bound in contemporary full dark calf leather. The spine features five raised bands with horizontal gilt lines and a partial leather label. The interior includes a marbled paper pastedown and endpaper in a red, yellow, and blue comb pattern. Affixed to the front pastedown is a contemporary red leather gilt-tooled label which reads ESTHER CREED 1755. The text block begins with a preface marked A 2 and concludes at page 144 with HYMN XXXVIII, Rejoicing in Hope, followed by the word FINIS.
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The contemporary leather binding shows significant wear, with heavy cracking and surface loss to the spine and boards (photo 6). The leather at the head and tail of the spine is heavily chipped and missing (photo 6). The front board is detached from the text block, exposing the marbled endpapers (photo 2). The paper throughout is heavily toned and displays extensive foxing and staining, particularly at the margins and edges (photo 3). The final flyleaf contains amateur pencil scribbling (photo 9). There is a significant water stain or damp mark visible on the upper portion of the final leaf and rear pastedown (photo 9).
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Whitefield, G. Hymns for Social Worship. William Strahan, 1753. First Edition.
This lot comprises a single volume of the first edition of Hymns for Social Worship, Collected from Various Authors, and More particularly design'd for the Use of the Tabernacle Congregation, in London. The work was compiled by George Whitefield, A.B., late of Pembroke College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Rt. Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon. The title page identifies the printer as William Strahan, London, M DCC LIII (1753), and notes that the book was to be sold at the Tabernacle near Moorfields.
The volume is an octavo-sized work bound in contemporary full dark calf leather. The spine features five raised bands with horizontal gilt lines and a partial leather label. The interior includes a marbled paper pastedown and endpaper in a red, yellow, and blue comb pattern. Affixed to the front pastedown is a contemporary red leather gilt-tooled label which reads ESTHER CREED 1755. The text block begins with a preface marked A 2 and concludes at page 144 with HYMN XXXVIII, Rejoicing in Hope, followed by the word FINIS.
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The contemporary leather binding shows significant wear, with heavy cracking and surface loss to the spine and boards (photo 6). The leather at the head and tail of the spine is heavily chipped and missing (photo 6). The front board is detached from the text block, exposing the marbled endpapers (photo 2). The paper throughout is heavily toned and displays extensive foxing and staining, particularly at the margins and edges (photo 3). The final flyleaf contains amateur pencil scribbling (photo 9). There is a significant water stain or damp mark visible on the upper portion of the final leaf and rear pastedown (photo 9).
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