Originally published Löbau, 1735 (main text)

Work consists of main text (v. [1]) and 12 supplements called "Anhang" (v. 2). Supplements [1/2]-8 issued together, with continuous text, paging and signatures and a common index (v. 2: p. 899-1234, [12]), in 1741; supplements 9-12 issued separately each, with a half title page bearing only a Roman numeral (IX.-XII.), undated. Most hymns undated, including all of supplement IX. Supplement X includes hymns dated 1739-1741. Supplement XI has a preface dated 15 Oct. 1742 while the text includes hymns dated 1740-May 1743; supplement XII contains hymns dated up to September 1745. Supplements 8-12 have a section each designated as "Zugabe", with continuous paging and signatures and numbering of hymns

Altogether 2142 hymns included (960 in v. [1], 1182 in v. 2; the numbering is not always correct)

Edited by Graf Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf who also composed the text of many of the hymns

Text in two columns

Vignette on title page of v. [1]

Half title v. 2: Anhang, als ein zweyter Theil zu dem Gesang-Buche der evangelischen Brüder-Gemeinen

Jantz reports [Herrnhut?] as place of publication while Landis selects [Löbau?] for the whole work (main text + 12 supplements, under the year date 1741), but the latter's separate entry for supplements 11-12 (under the year date 1745) suggests [Herrnhut?]

Signatures: v. [1]: ):(⁸ A-3K⁸ )(-2)(⁸ 3)(² ():(1 verso blank); v. 2: pi⁴ (-pi2) 3L-4H⁸ chi⁶ (-chi6) (A)-2(F)⁸ 2(G)⁴ 2(H)-2(M)⁸ ²chi1 + (pi1 verso, pi4 verso, (A)1 verso, (L)1 verso, ²chi1 verso blank; signatures for supplement 12 not available)

Page numbers 737-738 (v.[1]) omitted (no text missing)

Includes indexes

Errata (v. [1]: p. [35-36], last leaf of text; v. 2: p. [5], at front; p. 1392; p. [7], last leaf of suppl. XI)

Supplements XI-XII include hymns with notice of their American origin

Landis, D.C. European Americana

Jantz, H. German Baroque lit.

The Harold Jantz Coll. at Duke Univ

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 (91-63; 17 cm.), bound in contemporary calf, imperfect: lacks v. 2

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 (91-64), bound in contemporary calf, in 2 volumes, imperfect: lack index v. [1] (p. [1-34] at end) and supplement XII in v. 2

John Carter Brown Library copies 1-2 purchased with the assistance of a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation

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