Meditations and Contemplations

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Leather bound brown covers are in overall very good condition. Leather boards show some shelfwear and edgewear. Corners are bumped with scuffed leather. Spine has six raised bands with gilt lines and the title is in gilt in a black box. Binding is strong and secure. Endpapers and feps have pencil writings as well as chipped corners. Frontispiece is present and is age toned and foxed. Illustrations age toned, with scattered foxing. Interior is age-toned, exhibits minimal signs of age and wear, with heavy scattered foxing. Text block edges have staining, foxing and signs of dust. Book may exhibit additional minor signs of age or wear. ** Author James Hervy was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton, and was educated at the grammar school of Northampton, and at Lincoln College, Oxford. Here he came under the influence of John Wesley and the Oxford Methodists, especially since he was a member of the Holy Club. Ultimately, however, while retaining his regard for the men and his sympathy with their religious aims, he adopted a thoroughly Calvinistic creed, and resolved to remain in the Anglican Church. His style is often bombastic, but he displays a rare appreciation of natural beauty, and his simple piety made him many friends. His earliest work, Meditations and Contemplations, said to have been modeled on Robert Boyle's Occasional Réflexions on various Subjects, within fourteen years passed through as many editions. ** 200 pages. 3 x 5.5 inches. ** Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. **. N° de ref. del artículo 008923

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