12mo. xi, [1], 227pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Without lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Armorial bookplate of Thomas Merrett to FEP, manuscript shelf-marks to title page.

The second London edition of clergyman John Lawson's (1787-1825) collected devotional poems. A member of the Baptist Missionary Society, Lawson travelled to the United States in 1810 then on to Calcutta in 1812 where, employing his knowledge as a former wood-engraver and a punch-cutter, he assisted in improving Chinese and Bengali types, teaching natives the methods of production. First printed at London in 1820, a Calcutta-printed edition appeared in 1822.