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| Title | Divine songs (pp. 44-45) |
| Author | Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748 |
| Publisher | Howard & Evans
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| Publisher Location | England--London |
| Publication Date | 1806 |
| Printer | Howard & Evans
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Illustrated with uncolored woodcuts.
Date determined by watermark.
Edition lacks title page. Printed on bottom of p. 93: Printed at Merridew's Office, Coventry.
Includes verses designed to teach children moral behavior. Also included is a section of the "Ten Commandments out of the Old Testament put into short rhyms for Children" and a section for "A Slight Specimen of Moral Songs".
This section illustrates Song XVII "Love between Brothers and Sisters". |
| Contextual Notes | Isaac Watts was a renowned English theologian and hymnodist who published popular children's verse with religious and moral content.
Known as "the little hymn-book", this popular religious work was first published in 1715. The American collector, Wilbur Macey Stone, published an essay on it and created a check-list of over 300 editions published in England and America between 1715 and 1900 including 95 editions published by N. Coverly in Boston. The British Library's holdings were 87 copies as of 1918 when Mr. Stone wrote his book. It is Dr. Watts who wrote "How doth the little busy bee improve each shining hour." |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Children's songs; Hymns, English |
| Category | Bibles and religious works
Chapbooks
Moral instruction
Manners and social etiquette
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL1163 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 92 p.: illustrated; 15 x 9 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit Checklist L.129 |
