1771 Watts, Psalms of David with 1772 Bayley, The Essex Harmony

Watts, Isaac; Bayley, Daniel. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian state and worship bound with The Essex Harmony containing a Collection of Psalm Tunes. Boston | NewburyPort: William M'Alpine | Daniel Bayley, 1771 & 1772. [9813] Two books bound together as one. Full leather, worn, no spine title label, front board detached, some red rot at the edges. 14.5 x 8.5 cm (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches), inscriptions on front and back end papers, described below. The Psalms of David has the 1771 William M'Alpine imprint, and (1)-vi., (7)-324 pp. (of 328); lacking the last two leaves of the Table of First Lines. The Essex Harmony, "Printed and Sold by the Author in NewburyPort & by most Booksellers in Boston, 1772". All leaves are engraved, beginning with title page, (i) Lesson & Table; (1-14), center leaf detached. Lacks the last two leaves (pp. 15-18). The music is in round notes in either three or four parts. Good. Full leather.