Beinecke Osborn c180 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	A Collection of Hymns from Dr. Watts; Doddridge and Others. Being a suppliment to a larger collection; Westharptree, 1771-1787.
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn c180
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, 1771–1787. Title page has pasted-in printed device of dove, book, and "IHS". 75 items. Most items taken from Watts' Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707).
Format	Octavo
Book Size	15cm x 9cm
Filled Page Count	88 pages
Item Count	75
Poem Count	75
Periods	1761-1790
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	No
Region	Somerset West Harptree, Somerset
Additional Genres
Print Sources	Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Major Themes	Devotional writing, religio... Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn c180.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/53. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-07-19 4:32:38 PM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler
Isaac Watts	Major author

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Regular; indicated by the title page and cross-references to sources.
Binding	Post-bound. Writing goes into the gutters and to the edges of pages; no blank pages. Calf with gilt border.
Decorations - printed	Glued-in printed device of dove and book and IHS – glued over “Vol. 2” on Title Page.
Hands	Single, careful and neat.
Indications of use	Last two leaves seem water-stained along the edges. The compiler cross-references sources.
Organization	“The End” on final page with decorative date October 3 1787.
Page layout	Paginated (pagination ends at p. 76, with p. 87 marked later, but in fact it is p. 86). Items are numbered.
Title page	Yes, "A Collection Of Hymns From Dr. Watts; Doddridge And Others. Being A Suppliment to A larger Collection; Westharptree, written in the year 1771." Also a glued-in printed device of dove and book and IHS – glued over “Vol. 2” Followed by a motto.