Author: James Hervey
Title: Meditations and Contemplations
Description: Bungay, C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1807. Leather. An early nineteenth-century reflection on life and religion from James Hervey. Featuring an engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title page, and two other engraved plates Containing: Meditations Among the Tombs Reflections on a Flower-Garden A Descant Upon Creation Contemplation on the Night Contemplations on the Starry Heaven A Winter-Piece. James Hervey, was a clergyman and writer, whose work would later had a significant effect on artist William Blake. In a mottled calf binding with gilt detailing. Externally, sound. Some slight wear to the extremities and a few marks to the front the boards. Slight loss to the head of the spine, and joints are starting. Ink inscription to front pastedown, with private ex-library blindstamp to front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with just a few instances of foxing (heavier to the first and last, as usual). Some evidence of past worming. Paper repair to frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: Unamed. Very Good .
Keywords: Leather Illustrated James Hervey Philosophy Illustrated Unamed
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Title: Meditations and Contemplations
Description: Bungay, C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1807. Leather. An early nineteenth-century reflection on life and religion from James Hervey. Featuring an engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title page, and two other engraved plates Containing: Meditations Among the Tombs Reflections on a Flower-Garden A Descant Upon Creation Contemplation on the Night Contemplations on the Starry Heaven A Winter-Piece. James Hervey, was a clergyman and writer, whose work would later had a significant effect on artist William Blake. In a mottled calf binding with gilt detailing. Externally, sound. Some slight wear to the extremities and a few marks to the front the boards. Slight loss to the head of the spine, and joints are starting. Ink inscription to front pastedown, with private ex-library blindstamp to front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with just a few instances of foxing (heavier to the first and last, as usual). Some evidence of past worming. Paper repair to frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: Unamed. Very Good .
Keywords: Leather Illustrated James Hervey Philosophy Illustrated Unamed
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH27-G-12
- Book number: LTH27-G-12
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