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Psalms of David imitated in the Language of the New Testament … 

Birmingham, Printed & sold by Knott and Lloyd. 1806. 

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—.  Hymns and spiritual Songs.  In three Books.  Birmingham, Printed & sold by Knott and Lloyd. 1806. 

Two works, 12mo, bound together, pp. xxxiii, [1], 299, [25], with an engraved frontispiece portrait and a terminal blank, and pp. xx, 271, [5]; very good copies, in contemporary sheep, edges rubbed; later ownership inscription (‘Mary Cook / March 27 March [sic] / 1865’) to title-page.

£300

Approximately:
US $375  €350

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Unrecorded Birmingham editions of Watts’s Hymns (first 1707) and Psalms (first 1719), both many times reprinted, especially in America.  The portrait of Watts was printed especially for this edition and is dated 10 October 1806. 

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