"Victoria Psalms." Booklet of music notes in honor of the queen of England. London, 1887. Exceptionally rare

"Victoria Psalms." Booklet of music notes in honor of the queen of England. London, 1887. Exceptionally rare
Victoria Psalms: specially composed for the service at the Great Synagogue, London. In honor of Queen Victoria's fiftieth birthday. London, June 21, 1887.
[5] leaves, 25 pages of notes. 26 cm. English.
Booklet of music notes with musical renditions of Psalms, composed for the fiftieth birthday celebration of Queen Victoria by noted cantor Marcus Hast (1840-1911), cantor in the Great Synagogue in London. Appropriate chapters of Psalms were selected. The introduction includes an original, adapted English translation of the Psalms (although the words of the Hebrew verses were sung). For example, a verse in Chapter 61 is translated: Let our Queen abide before thee in mercy and love. 
Exceptionally rare work. Only one other copy is known, in the HUC library in New York.
Original blue paper jacket, with title page text. Margins have been professionally restored. The leaves of the booklet are in very fine condition.