[BOOK OF PSALMS].
Het boek der psalmen, nevens de gezangen bij de hervormde kerk van Nederland in gebruik; door last van de hoog mog: heeren staaten generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, uit drie berijmingen, in den jaare 1773. Gekooren, met de noodige daar in gemaakte veranderingen.
Amsterdam, heirs and widow of J. Ratelband and J. Bouwer, 1781. 3 parts in 1 volume 32mo (8 x 5 x 3 cm). With a full-page engraved frontispiece showing David playing his harp in the clouds, the title is set within a frame built up from typographical ornaments, and with music notation in the text. Further with the (woodcut) stamp of the city of Amsterdam, together with a manuscript signature of Johannes Jacobus Kessler ("J J Kessler") in brown ink, at the end of the "acte van consent" on A1v-A2r. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf, gold-tooled board edges, and (faded) blue marbled edges. [214 (of 216)] II
€ 750
A relic of Dutch Reformed devotion, this miniature psalm book contains 100 psalms in Dutch, in their form ordered by the Dutch States General in 1773. Additionally, the work contains a detailled index of the psalms and the complete Heidelberg Catechism. It's a handsome copy encapsulating the intersection of faith and fine bookmaking.
With a small manuscript note in the upper outer corner of the front pastedown ("20 h(?)") and the stamp of the city of Amsterdam together with the manuscript signature of Johannes Jacobus Kessler at the end of the privilege (on l. A2r). The leather around the spine is slightly cracked, without affecting the integrity of the binding, the marbling on the edges is somewhat faded, lacking leaves N2 and N7, the corners of several leaves are folded or slightly frayed. Otherwise in good condition. Scheurleer, Nederlandse liedboeken, 117; STCN 297877577 (6 copies, incl. 2 incomplete); WorldCat 1223040426, 1156963392 (4 copies, incl. 2 also in STCN).
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