"Those who are best acquainted with the rich stores of German hymnology will feel the least surprise at the appearance of a second series of Translations from the same source. Many excellent and classical compositions were necessarily excluded from the plan of the former volume ... In this series therefore hymns are admitted of a more personal and individual character than in the former ..."--Preface.

Preface dated 1858.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1-2] at end.

T.p. printed in red and black. Verso of added t.p. printed with wood-engraved illustration and text, both set within red rule borders.

Text printed within decorative borders.

Printer's device on colophon.

"This volume VI illustrations are by E. Armitage, A. R. A. III by F. Madox Brown, and the rest by John Leighton, F. S. A. Engraved by Bolton, Butterworth & Heath Cooper, Dalziel, Green, Leighton, Pearson Swain, Williamson, and Whymper."--T.p. verso.

Most illustrations by John Leighton signed "L".

"Hymns ... chosen from various sources ... The greater number, however, are taken from Bunsen's "Versuch eines allgemeinen Gesang und Gebet buchs".--Preface.

Includes "Index": p. 245-248 and "Table of German hymns.": p. 249-243.

Digitized and made available by: University of Toronto Libraries

MASS copy 1: Bound in green morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind. Upper and lower cover with a central mandorla-shaped panel design covered with a red cloth onlay, blocked in gold and blind, and signed "L" [i.e. John Leighton]. With spine imprint: "London Longmans and Co.". Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g. With binder's ticket: "Bound by Edmonds&Remnants London". With presentation inscription dated 1868.

MASS copy 2: Bound in the same cloth and with the same design, signature and spine imprint as copy 1. Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g. With binder's ticket: "Bound by Edmonds&Remnants London". With presentation inscription dated 1869.