| Series |
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20186
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20186. ^A478749
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| General note | The first collection of Catholic church music published in America. |
| General note | All pages engraved except table of contents, at the top of which is the certificate of registration, describing the book in quarto and signed by James Biddle, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, April 8th, 1788. |
| General note | John Aitken worked as a printer, music publisher, silversmith and bookseller in Philadelphia, 1784-1824. Evans, who locates no copy and gives no collation, presumably took his description from a printed title page or an advertisement. He supplies the imprint: Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, in Second Street, between Market and Chestnut Streets, 1787. Another edition, which varies slightly in title and which is engraved in the same design, has imprint: Philadelphia, Printed and sold by John Aitken 1791. |
| General note | Odd numbered pages on versos. |
| General note | Leaf tipped in after title is a recommendation printed in English and German, signed by Rev. John Carroll and three others, and dated November 28, 1787. |
| References |
Evans 20186 |
| References |
Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, 62 |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20186). |
| Genre/form | Hymnals. |
