A commentary on the Book of Psalms.with a view to render the Use of the Psalter Pleasing and Profitable to all Orders and Degrees of Christians.

HORNE, George

Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1784

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In two volumes. [2], lxiii, 453pp, [2]; [2], 547pp, [2]. With half-title to each volume and a final leaf of guidance to the reader in vol. 2. Contemporary calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Worn, with fading to spine and upper boards of both vols, and cracks to head and foot of spine. Endpapers stained, some very slight spotting throughout text. The third edition of Church of England clergyman George Horne's (1730-1792) partly devotional and partly exegetical commentary on the psalms, twenty years in preparation and first printed in 1776. His best-known work, the preface was transferred by Bishop Richard Mant to his Book of Common Prayer, and the work was admired by writer and playwright Hannah More (1745-1833). ESTC T86517. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A commentary on the Book of Psalms.with a view to render the Use of the Psalter Pleasing and Profitable to all Orders and Degrees of Christians.
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: The Third Edition.