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.B. late of Lincoln-College, Oxford. Vol. I[-II].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hervey, James, 1714-1758 18768

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xvi,234,[2],xv,[1],237,[3]p. ; 8°.

Edition:

The seventh edition.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : London printed: Philadelphia re-printed, and sold by W. Bradford, at the Sign of the Bible in Second-Street, M,DCC,L. [1750]

Notes:

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

Edition statement transposed; precedes "Vol. I." on title page.

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 133, 212 misnumbered 233, 112; v. 2, p. 148 and 219-222 misnumbered 248 and 119-122.

Vol. 2 (xv, [1], 237, [3] p.) has separate title page.

Vol. 1 contains poems addressed to Hervey by "a physician." -.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 6515; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1178