The Boston Collection of Sacred Hymns (1808) Baptist Revival Hymnal

The Boston Collection of Sacred and Devotional Hymns: Intended to accommodate Christians on Special and Stated Occasions. Boston: Published by Manning and Loring, 1808. First Edition. [8496] Full leather, scuffed & worn, joints good, 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches, tight. Lacking front blanks. (i)-xii., (13)-290 pp. of text; [28] pp. of thirty-three tunes printed oblong (one with a closed tear), (320)-324 pp. (Index). Defects: leaf 143-144 with closed tear; lacking 2 leaves pp. 145-146, 155-156.Printed in old typeface with the long and short S. Good.  Shaw & Shoemaker 14553. No. 121 in Britton & Lowens, American Sacred Music Imprints 1698-1810: A Bibliography, with a note pertaining to the printed music: "33 compositions for 2 voices; full text. No attribs. 1st American printing identified (Basham, Burnham, Charlestown, Fawcett, Mercer, Ophir, Rippon, Stillman, Union). 1 traced to American source (Sincerity), 22 to non-American, 10 unidentified..."Although the title sounds generic, t