Accession number
PML 81627
Creator
Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771.
Published
Philadelphia : Printed by William Spotswood, 1791.
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund; 1971.
Notes
Running title: Hymns for children.
Many of the illustrations appear to have been printed from the same blocks used in Thomas Walker's Dublin ed. (PML 81997).
On p. 52-64: appendix found in Dublin ed. (PML 81997).
On p. 65-92: Divine songs for children / Isaac Watts; includes all of the Divine songs.
For a study of the supposed Watts poems, see Robert Brittain, "Christopher Smart's 'Hymns for the amusement of children'," PBSA, XXXV (1941).
Many of the illustrations appear to have been printed from the same blocks used in Thomas Walker's Dublin ed. (PML 81997).
On p. 52-64: appendix found in Dublin ed. (PML 81997).
On p. 65-92: Divine songs for children / Isaac Watts; includes all of the Divine songs.
For a study of the supposed Watts poems, see Robert Brittain, "Christopher Smart's 'Hymns for the amusement of children'," PBSA, XXXV (1941).
Description
iv, 92 : ill. (wood engravings) ; 13 cm.
Provenance
From the d'Alte Welch collection.
Binding
Dutch floral paper over wooden boards; in folder.
Classification
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