Meditations and contemplations. In two volumes. Containing, vol. I. Meditations among the tombs. Reflections on a flower garden. A descant on creation. Vol. II. Contemplations on the night. Contemplations on the starry heavens; and A winter-piece. By James Hervey, ...
The Reveredn James Hervey (1714-1758)
Category
Books
Date
1748
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3248805
Summary
Bibliographic description
The third edition, with additions. ... 2v., plate : ill. ; 8vo. Imperfect: v.2 only. Provenance: inscribed "Lady Stanley 1757" [i.e. Lady Mary Stanley, née Ward (d.1771), m. Sir Edward Stanley, 5th Bt.] Binding: eighteenth-century calf, double gilt fillet border; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt tooled spine; spine label wanting. (Boards detached.)
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The Reveredn James Hervey (1714-1758)