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PSALMS OF DAVID 1738 Calvinist Hymnal GENEVA PSALTER Sharkskin Binding FRENCH Les Psaumes De David

Les Psaumes De David, Mis en Vers François, Revus et Approuvez par les Pasteurs et les Professeurs de l'Englise et de l'Academie de Geneve. A Geneve, Chez Pierre Jaquier. MDCCXXXVIII [1738]

A superb Calvinist pocket hymnal in a lovely 18th century French sharkskin (Shagreen) binding with embossed gold heart shaped clasps. An ecclesiastical work beautifully printed with typographic music scores, Prayers, Psalms of David, and Sacred Hymns For The Principal Solemnities (Cantiques Sacrez Pour Les Principales Solennitez). When isolated from the Bible, the Psalms of David is called the Psalter.

[The Psalms of David, Translated into French Verse, Revised and Approved by the Pastors and Professors of the English Church and the Academy of Geneva. Published in Geneva by Pierre Jaquier, 1738]. Hardbound in textured black sharkskin with heart shaped gold clasps, all edges gold, 5.75" x 3.25", red silk endpapers, [8], 472, + 24 pages. VERY GOOD Condition: a touch of wear to the sharkskin covers, the gold clasps remain bright and tight, internally a contemporary former owner's name inked to top of the title page, a touch of light wear and toning, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A lovely early 18th century example.

The French psalter of the Reformed church underwent multiple revisions since 1562. This Protestant edition produced in Geneva is a reprint of the famous Geneva Psalter (or Huguenot Psalter), which was set to verse and rhyme by Clément Marot and Théodore de Bèze under the supervision of John Calvin and first published in 1562. This psalter became the official liturgical collection of the Reformed Church of Geneva.

The 150 psalms of this edition, officially sanctioned by the Protestant Church of Geneva (under the aegis of the Académie de Genève) contain Valentin Conrart's translation, he died in 1675 after completing only 51 psalms, but his colleague Marc-Antoine de La Bastide completed the rest publishing the complete edition 1679. While revising the text, Conrart and his successor maintained the meters of the earlier versions, so that the same melodies, derived from Gregorian chant as well as popular tunes, could continue to be used.

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