From ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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About this Item
In fair condition. Light wear to extremities. Typical dryness and scratching to surface of boards. Corners and extremes rubbed. Numerous old hand inscriptions throughout end papers. Front flyleaf torn at bottom right corner. Textblock moderately toned with instances of dampness staining and foxing throughout. Binding tight and intact. A sturdy little book. Please see photos. 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. COLR1836ABCM-variant. Seller Inventory # COLR1816ABDN
Bibliographic Details
Title: Meditations and Contemplations
Publisher: Soule & T. Mason
Publication Date: 1816
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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Chosen as Publishers Weekly's 2023 Bookstore of the Year! Robin Rare Books is the RARE BOOKS DIVISION of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Established in 2001, we are the LARGEST ACADEMIC USED BOOKSTORE between New York and Chicago, with more than TWO MILLION second-hand and out-of-print SCHOLARLY BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS. Our Harrisburg shop has been named the region's Best Independent Bookstore. ... A buyer is eligible to receive a full refund if a book is not in the condition described.
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