[Washington, George, first President]

[Oliver Holden]. Sacred Dirges, Hymns, and Anthems, Commemorative of the Death of General George Washington. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, [1800]

Oblong 4to (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.; 200 x 230 mm). Woodcut funerary urn vignette on title-page set within a ruled frame; browned, repairs to minor marginal tears on first two leaves, several crude repairs to long tears on final leaf, browned throughout, center creased. Stab-sewn. Blue wrappers; lower wrapper gone.  Half red morocco portfolio.

Acquistion: William Reese

BAL 17006;  Evans 37635; Sabin 32475

Oblong 4to (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.; 200 x 230 mm). Woodcut funerary urn vignette on title-page set within a ruled frame; browned, repairs to minor marginal tears on first two leaves, several crude repairs to long tears on final leaf, browned throughout, center creased. Stabbed an stitched. Blue wrappers; lower wrapper gone. Tan bucrum portfolio, red morocco spine.
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First edition, second issue, with the additional dirge by Anthony Pasquin.