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London: William Godbid for William Shrowsbery, 1677, 1676. This copy is bound in full later panneled calf with a spine label. It is a very handsome copy. This copy was owned by Desmond Morris, and has his book plate. The problem of human origins, of how and when the first humans appeared in the world, has been addressed in a DSC_0042variety of ways in western thought. In the 17th century the predominant explanation for the origin of the world and the beings that inhabit it, especially human beings, was based on the biblical account of creation. It was almost universally accepted that humans had been created by a supernatural agent using supernatural means. But alternative explanations for the production of the first humans did exist, according to which the first humans were produced by nature through some form of spontaneous generation" (Matthew R. Goodrum). The word evolution (from the Latin evolution, meaning "to unroll like a scroll") appeared in English in the 17th century, referring to an… Read More

London: 1703: Printed by J. Barber, for Jeffery Wale, at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1703. Printed: 1703 1593-1633 Duodecimo, 61 x 375 inches The twelfth edition of the Herbert and the eighth edition of the Harvey A-K12; A-E12, F6 The fine engraved portrait of George Herbert by Stuart is bound before the title The poems entitled "The Church Porch" and "The Altar" appear in this edition as full paged engravings This copy is bound in contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt with red label, worn at corners and spine ends, and cracked at joints but holding, boards very scratched, internally quite sound and clean We may partly distinguish two poets in Herbert There is, first, the parish priest of early seventeenth-century England who revered his Church as a chaste mother neither 'painted' nor 'undrest;' who deplored the worm of schism eating away the English rose and (to the disturbance of the Cambridge licenser in 1633) saw Religion standing "on tip-toe in our land, Readie to passe to the American… Read More

London: Printed by W. Godbid, for R.S. and are to be Sold by John Williams Junior, in Cross-Key Court in Little-Britain, 1674, 1674. Palmer IV, 12. This copy is a very nice and tidy copy bound in 19th century vellum over boards. A very nice copy. Citation/references :Wing (2nd ed.), H1521, &, Wing H-1049; Palmer IV, 12. Printed: 1667 Duodecimo, Nineth edition of the first book, the second Fifth edition π⁶ [*⁶](-[*1]) ,A- I¹² K⁶; ²A-C¹², A-B¹²,C⁶ {tricky but complete] The text of the Temple includes the pattern poems, "The Altar," and "Easter Wings" Herbert's reputation rests on this remarkable collection of poems which mark perfectly the metaphysical tone of his spiritual unrest, which is resolved in final peace, "the Herbert we know through 'Aaron,' 'Discipline,' 'The Collar,' 'The Pulley,' and many other poems in which he strives to subdue the willful or kindle the apathetic self His principal themes are those 'two vast, spacious things Sinne and Love' There is nothing soft in the… Read More

London: 1674: Printed by W. Godbid, for R.S. and are to be Sold by John Williams Junior, in Cross-Key Court in Little-Britain, 1674. Printed: 1674 1597-1663 Duodecimo, 575 x 35 inches The tenth edition [p]6, [*]5, A-L12, K6; A-C12; A-B12, C6 This copy Lacks the engraved portrait of Herbert by White. But does include the poems entitled "The Church Porch" and "The Church" appear in this edition as full paged engravings. This copy is water stained in the first few signatures, with the loss of some fore edge margins that have been repaired. It is bound in a fancy mid-nineteenth century of embossed calfskin in a neo-gothic blind tooled panel.(erbacked) The endpapers are marbled, The spine is handsomely tooled in blind as well, although the spine label has flaked off ¶This work contains 140 stanzic patterns, including the most famous shaped poem in the English language Herbert's reputation rests on this remarkable collection of poems which mark perfectly the Metaphysical tone of his spiritual unrest… Read More

London: Printed for William Crook at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar 1678, 1679. This copy is bound in later quarter calf. Hobbes: Wing H-2224; T.C. I. 296. In this edition the Latin poem is printed in a Roman type, and the English translation is in italic type. From 1608, Hobbes, at the age of 20, was appointed tutor to William, only two years his junior. In 1626, on the death of the first earl, Hobbes's patron succeeded to the peerage, but died in June 1628. During this interval Hobbes wrote a Latin poem, giving an account of a short tour of the Peak in Derbyshire, made in company with the second earl. It was, it appears, a new year's gift to his friend, who rewarded him with a gift of 5 pounds. The poem was first published in 1636. This version includes the original Latin and an English translation by 'a Person of Quality.' The Dukes of Devonshire owned Chatsworth House which features largely in the poem as one of the Wonders of the Peak.

Oxford: 1644: by H. Hall Printed in the yeare, 1644. Printed: 1644 1594-1666 Quarto , 7 x 525 inches Second edition (First printing of "Parables" and "England's Tears") A-Z4 The engraved title by Vaughan is bound before the typographical title page This copy is bound in old sheepskin and has been rebacked This, the author's first work, is an allegory based on European politics between 1603 and 1640 The characters are talking trees .