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A translation of the Psalms of David, : attempted in the spirit of Christianity, and adapted to the divine service. / by Christopher Smart ...

Accession number
PML 128207.1
Published
London: : Printed by Dryden Leach, for the author; and sold by C. Bathurst ... and W. Flexney ... and T. Merril at Cambridge., 1765.
Credit line
Gift of Charles Ryskamp, in memory of Paul Mellon, 1999.
Notes
Title in red and black.
Page [16] at front and final leaf are blank.
"A list of the subscribers names": p. [5]-[15] at front.
"In this translation, all expressions, that seem contrary to Christ, are omitted, and evangelical matter put in their room;--and as it was written with an especial view to the divine service, the reader will find sundry allusions to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, which are intended to render the work in general more useful and acceptable to congregations."--P. [4] at front.
Description
[16], 194, [2] p. ; 27 cm (4to)
Provenance
From the Charles Ryskamp Collection.
Binding
Quarter leather; marbled boards.
Classification
Department