Just about as a fine as they come, a very nicely preserved near-miniature wallet-style binding edition of the Methodist Hymnal.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Revised Edition. New York. Lane & Scott. 1851. 714pp.
[bound with]
Supplement. Hymns for Sunday-Schools, Youth, and Children. 49pp.
Measuring a diminutive 2 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches, red morocco leather which is a bit rubbed and patinated, but very attractive and solid. Marbled endpapers with a nearly micro-diamond cut pasted in "God is Love." Top edge gilt and the binding very solid and clean.
