Guarini, Giovanni Battista.

Il Pastor Fido: The Faithful Shepherd. With an Addition of divers other Poems: Concluding with a short Discourse Of The Long Civil Wars of Rome. By the Right Honourable, Sir Richard Fanshawe.

London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1676. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 11ff. 321 pages. Fourth Edition of the English Translation by Sir Richard Fanshawe. In a contemporary calf binding. Illustrated with a full-page engraving. Wing G2177. Good.

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Book number: 1263

Catalogue: Seventeenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Poetry

Herbert, George.

The temple. Sacred poems, and private ejaculations by Mr. George Herbert, late Oratour of the University of Cambridge. Together with his life.

London: printed by S. Roycroft, for R.S. and are to be sold by John Williams Junior, at the Crown in St. Pauls Church-yard, 167.9 [sic]. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [xx], 192, [xxxvi], 71, 58pp. Eleventh edition, variant issue with 167.9 instead of 1678 on the title-page. Included index. Contemporary calf, repaired. With the portrait frontispiece signed R. White and two plates. Wing (2nd ed.), H1523; ESTC R19247. In verse. "The life of Mr. George Herbert" (caption title), by Izaak Walton, has separate pagination and register; it may be bound after the main text. Intended to be issued with: Harvey, Christopher. The synagogue. 7th ed.: London, 1679. This has a separate title-page with the imprint date 1679. Good.

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Book number: 483

Catalogue: Seventeenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Poetry