Harmonia Sacra

Verlag: Flagg and Gould, Andover Massachusetts, 1816

Beschreibung

Harmonia Sacra, or a Compilation of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, collected from the most celebrated European masters, as published in the different London editions by Thomas Butts, to which are added several select pieces from Green & Handel; printed and published by Flagg and Gould, Andover, 1816. For sale by the publishers; by Cummings & Hilliard, Boston; Charles Whipple. Newburyport; and Henry Whipple, Salem. Registration statement of title page verso, from the District of Massachusetts, July 2, 1816. Timothy Flagg and Abraham J. Gould were business partners under the name Flagg & Gould. Many publications were published for Andover Theological Seminary and the missionary movement. When the Harvard Board of Overseers appointed well-known liberal Henry Ware to the Hollis Chair in 1805, the Calvinists withdrew to organize and establish a new school in 1807, Andover Theological Seminary on the campus of Phillips Academy (est. 1778) in Andover, Massachusetts. This book has the bookplate of the Institutto Theollogica, (Andover Theological Seminary) Andover, founded 1807 with a note that it was Released to MNtCA by MH-AH. This book has the original binding of brown boards and a leather spine. The front cover is held on by a single cord, the back cover somewhat more attached and stable. The above noted bookplate is pasted inside the front cover. The first free endpaper is loose but present. The 243 pages of the book measure 9 1/2 by 11 1/2 . There is light foxing throughout, but the block of pages is strong, the paper very supple and tunes and words very clear. This book is extremely rare with a terrific provenance. There is a copy in the Princeton Theological Seminary Library. This large volume may require additional postage. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2374a

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Harmonia Sacra

Verlag: Flagg and Gould, Andover Massachusetts

Erscheinungsdatum: 1816

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good