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Charles Wesley. Hymns for the use of Families, and on Various Occasions. Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1767....
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Charles Wesley. Hymns for the use of Families, and on Various Occasions. Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1767.12mo (165 x 95 mm). Contemporary tree calf, red morocco lettering-piece.
FIRST EDITION of this collection by one of the greatest of all Protestant hymnists. "There are 166 hymns in this collection: all following the 44th are distinguished as Occasional Hymns to many of which titles are prefixed... 'Mr. Charles Wesley's Family Hymn-Book consists to a great extent of hymns which he had written under circumstances of peculiar excitement, affecting him as a husband, a father, and the head of a family... They are all the genuine effusions of his heart-not one of the hymns containing a stanza that is either trite or mean. The most common concerns of life are dignified by Christian sentiment, expressed in language of almost unrivalled force and beauty'" (Green).
Condition: Rebacked preserving original spine and label; some wear to corners; rubbed; endpapers darkened at edges and brittle with some small chips. Minor soiling to title, otherwise internally very fresh.
References: ESTC T31305; Green, Works of John & Charles Wesley 245.
Provenance: Dr. Charles Caldwell Ryrie (sold, Sotheby's New York, 5 December 2016, lot 193. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 December 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part II, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6300 (go to Auction Home page)
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