Author: [LOWELL, James Russell] HERRICK, Robert
Title: Hesperides or the Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq Annotated by James Russell Lowell
Description: London, William Pickering, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Two 4-1/4" x 6-7/8" volumes in later half mottled calf and marbled boards with matching calf corners, gilt-decorated spines with gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine labels, top edges gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Herrick. James Russell Lowell's copy with his ownership SIGNATURE on the half-title pages of each volume dated "Elmwood: 1850." In addition, Lowell has minor annotations on a number of pages, making grammatical corrections or underlining passages of interest, as well as a correction to and comment on the Latin epigram found under the engraved portrait of Herrick in the original edition: "Such oversights as these are what they call nowadays 'Shakesperian grammar.' By the way, I wonder what Singer though he understood by minores & majores in the above epigram. Light rubbing to corners and spine. Near Fine .

Keywords: Signed, Poetry, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, James Russell Lowell, Robert Herrick Signed 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature Literature: American


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