THE WORKS OF GEORGE HERBERT IN PROSE AND VERSE.
by HERBERT, George, 1593-1633 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : William Pickering, 1853. A handsomely produced edition of one of the earliest collected works of the Sweet Singer of the Temple, printed at the Chiswick Press and here in a highly attractive binding by Roger de Coverley & Sons. Originally published in 1835-1836 and including all the extant poems, letters, etc., then known, with lives of Herbert by Izaak Walton and Barnabas Oley, notes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, etc. Two volumes. Demy 8vo (217 x 139mm). xii,414; (xxviii),384pp. Engraved frontispieces. Title-pages in red and black. Bound in a stylish early twentieth-century full crushed chestnut morocco, banded and gilt; all edges gilt; a few faint marks; endleaves tanned from turn-ins, but overall a very good set indeed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44387
- Title
- THE WORKS OF GEORGE HERBERT IN PROSE AND VERSE.
- Author
- HERBERT, George, 1593-1633 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : William Pickering, 1853.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Poetry, Fine Bindings
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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London
About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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