Meditations and contemplations: in two volumes. Containing, Vol. I. Meditations among the tombs; Reflections on a flower garden; and, A descant upon creation. Vol. II. Contemplations on the night; Contemplations on the starry heavens; and, A winter-piece. / By James Hervey, A.M. late Rector of Weston-Favell, in Northamptonshire. ; Vol. I[-II].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hervey, James, 1714-1758, author.

Contributor:

Browne, Moses, 1704-1787.

Duick, J. (John)

Gibbons, Thomas, 1720-1785.

Molesworth, Saint George.

Whalley, Peter, 1722-1791.

R. T., dedicatee.

Orchard, Paul, dedicatee.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23440.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Devotional literature.

Genre:

Poems -- 1791.

Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 22-232 id est, 22-234 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 13-239 pages, 9 unnumbered pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by W. Woodhouse, at the Bible, no 6, South Front-Street., M.DCC,XCI. [1791]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Vol. 1 dedicated to Miss R.T.; volume 2 dedicated to Paul Orchard.

Vol. 2 (x, [2], 13-239, [9] pages) has separate title page.

Errors in paging: volume 1, pages 155, 161 misnumbered 129, 143; page numbers 179-180 repeated.

"Verses to Mr. Hervey, on his Meditations."--v. 1, p. vii-xix, by "a physician," Moses Browne, John Duick, Thomas Gibbons, St. George Molesworth and Peter Whalley.

"Books lately published by William Woodhouse."--p. [241--248].

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 23440).

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