A commentary on the Book of Psalms. In which their literal or historical sense, as they relate to King David, and the people of Israel, is illustrated; and their application to Messiah, to the church, and to individuals, as members thereof, is pointed out: with a view to render the use of the Psalter pleasing and profitable to all orders and degrees of Christians. By George, Lord Bishop of Norwich, and president of Magdalen College, Oxford. [Three lines of Scripture texts]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horne, George, 1730-1792 20250

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xxxiv,[2],554p. ; 8°.

Edition:

The first American edition, from the fourth British.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by William Young, bookseller, no. 52, Second-Street, the corner of Chesnut-Street, M,DCC,XCII. [1792]

Notes:

Two settings of type in imprint noted. In one, second line ends "no. 52,"; in the other, second line ends "Second-". Thick and regular paper variants of the latter state noted; of the former state, regular paper copies only noted.

Edition statement transposed; precedes "By George, Lord Bishop of Norwich .." on title page.

Also issued in two volumes (Evans 24408).

Errors in paging: p. 84, 114 misnumbered 98, 214.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.