'GOOSTLY PSALMES AND SPIRITUALL SONGES'. English and Dutch Metrical Psalms from Coverdale to Utenhove 1535-1566.

First edition. Hardcover. Publisher's original navy blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears.

For many centuries metrical psalmody was virtually the only hymnody employed in the worship of both the Church of England and the Dutch Reformed Church. While much research has been concentrated on the separate development and progress of English and Dutch metrical psalmody, Professor Leaver's study is the first to explore the question of common origins and parallel development.