Die kleine geistliche Harfe der Kinder Zions, oder auserlesene geistreiche Gesange,allen wahren heilsbegieringen Sauglingen der

Mennoniste Gemeinde (Franconia Mennonite Conference). Hymnal. German. 1803.

Edité par Germantaun: Gedruckt bey im Jahr 1803., Michael Billmeyer,

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)(3, A-2F8, 2G4: 239 ll. = [6], 39, [1], 412, [20] p.: front.: David at harp; 17.5 cm. (American bibl. 4485, 5016: NYPL only) [title continues] Weissheit, insonderheit aber allen Christlichen des HErrn zum Dienst und Gebrauch mit Fleiss zusammen getragen, und in gegenwartiger Form und Ordnung gestellt, nebst einem dreyfachen Register. Erste Auflage. Auf Verordnung der Mennonisten Gemeinden. -- First Mennonite hymnal printed in the United States -- 40 Psalms from Ambrosius Lobwasser's Psalmen Davids [1573] on the first 40 pages, include 21 melodies in 5-line staff notation. A second title-page: Sammlung alter und neuer Geistreichen Gesange [etc.], 1803, is followed by 424 hymns (words only) and, in a supplement, hymns 425-475; the three indexes give first lines under 43 topics, first lines alphabetically arranged, and first lines arranged under the Psalm melodies. -- Harold S. Bender, in Mennonite encyclopedia, v. 2 (1957), p. 195 f., transcribes the title-pages in full and describes the collection as eclectic, tracing only two parting hymns to the Ausbund, and quoting from the Franconia delegates that `"their hymns had been handed in by so many brethren and dared not be omitted". .a very democratic procedure.', and notes 6 later editions up to 1904. -- The staining is prominent on the outer blank leaves and on the front trimmed edge, blending with the toned pages up to p. 300 then becoming more noticeable from there to the end. Chips from outer margin on first 5 leaves, not touching text on title-page. -- Front free endpaper with signature: John Miller. On second flyleaf: This Book is the property of Samuel Upperman as a Memmory of my Aunt Margaret Miller Good plain brown sheep, with both clasps. Dampstained throughout. N° de réf. du vendeur 034299

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Titre : Die kleine geistliche Harfe der Kinder Zions...

Éditeur : Germantaun: Gedruckt bey im Jahr 1803., Michael Billmeyer,

Reliure : Hardcover

Edition : 1st edition