Hervey

1803 · réf. 036256 — London UK: Printed for F & C Rivington and others 1803. Hardcover. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. None. Complete in two volumes volume one containing Mediations Among the Tombs; Reflections on a Flower Garden; and a Descant on Creation and volume two containing Contemplations on the Night; Contemplations on the Starry Heavens and A Winter Piece. lxviii 284pp; viii 312pp two engraved frontispieces two engraved title pages and nine further engraved plates across both volumes. Bound in contemporary tree calf with gilt border decorations black leather spine labels with gilt-stamped titles. All edges sprayed red. Marbled endpapers surrounded by gilt dentelles. 8vos. Boards are rubbed and scuffed especially on edges and joint with some minor leather loss at spine ends rubbed right through on corners. Rear panel of volume to slightly loosened. Ex lending library volumes with bookplate and barcode on front endpapers leading sheet and pocket on rear endpapers minor annotations and small stamp on copyright pages no other library markings. Previous owner's Charlotte Scott name stamped on page one of both volumes. There's some spotting and foxing on the first and last few leaves of both volumes and a little spotting on the rear of some of the plates else generally internally neat and clean. James Hervey 1714-1758 was an English writer and clergyman. Although influenced by Wesley and the Oxford Methodists he remained a committed Calvinist. Mediations and Contemplations was his first published work first appearing in 1746 with many further editions appearing in his lifetime. Said to be modelled on Robert Boyle's Occasional Reflections on Various Subjects 1665 but Hervey's style is more bombastic and revealing of both simple piety and a genuine appreciation of natural beauty. Printed for F & C Rivington [and others] hardcover