Herbert, George.

The Works of George Herbert in Prose and Verse [2 volume set].

London: Bell and Daldy Fleet Street, 1859. Full Leather. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. xii 438pp xiv 384pp. Bound into full black pebbled leather with gilt spine lettering and 5 raised leather bands. Frontispiece portrait of Herbert in volume 1 and of Bemerton in volume 2. Publisher's engraved emblem in black and red on title pages. Scuffing and rubbing and the joints. Hinges feel a bit tender but are still holding. Front free endpaper in volume 1 is partially detached. Very Good. Item #79317

Collection of the works of Anglican priest and poet George Herbert. This edition is based on the Pickering edition of 1853 with some additional notes, biography, letter, and revisions. Works reproduced here include "Priest to the Temple", various letters, two biographies of Herbert by Izaak Walton and Barnabas Oley, "The Temple", and "Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations"

Price: $100.00