[FIRTH, R. A.]. Select Portions of the New Version of Psalms, Adapted to a Choice Collection of Psalm Tunes, for the use of the Parish Church of St. John, Hampstead, Middlesex; and Parish Churches in General. Respectfully Inscribed to the Reverend Minister, and the Trustees of Hampstead Church: by Their Humble Servant, R. A. Firth. With an Appendix, Containing Hymns, by Addison, Merrick, Sandys, Dryden, &c. Adapted to a Selection of Music, From the Most Eminent Composers for the Church; for the use of Schools and Private Families. London: Printed for the Author, Hampstead; and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row..., 1819.
FIRST EDITION. Leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (24 x 15 x 2 cm.), pp. xix, 92 + 18 unnumbered music plates. English text, with musical notation throughout. Handsomely bound in contemporary straight-grained morocco gilt, smooth spine, all page edges gilt, brown endpapers, indexes. Condition: GOOD. Binding secure. Covers with some rubbing and darkening to extremities. Interior with some light toning and spotting. Scarce.
