Dingley. The Devotional Harmonist, 1849 Shaped Note Tunebook

Dingley, Charles [editor]. The Devotional Harmonist: A Collection of Sacred Music, comprising a large variety of New and Original Tunes, Sentences, Anthems, etc., In addition ot many of the most Popular Tunes in common use; Presenting a greater number of Metres than any book heretofore published. To which is prefixed, A Progressive System of Elementary Instruction for Schools and Private Tuition. New-York: George Lane and Levi Scott, 1849. Patent Note Edition. [8691] Leather spine, front joint cracked and weak, rear good. Printed paper over card, scuffed and worn with the back cover having a vertical crease in the center. Oblong 15.5 cm (6 x 9 3/4 inches), 424 pp., complete. Two leaves with chips in the margins, not affecting any text. Good. Hardcover. Stanislaw 51 with 424 pp. which he identifies as the 1850 printing; this copy has 1849 on the title page as well as the copyright page.A four-note shaped-note tunebook. This book is associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, the pub