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The Temple: sacred poems and private ejaculations. With the priest to the temple; or, the country parson.
AN UNUSUAL AND HIGHLY DECORATIVE BINDING WITH GAUFFERED EDGES
London: Charles Daly, [c.1855].
12mo (5 x 3.25 inches). Full red morocco, by ALEXANDER
BANKS, Jnr., Edinburgh, with unusual raised panels
framing ornately gilt tooled central panel to spine,
handsome gilt border framing both boards, superb gilt
gauffered edges, gilt dentelles and pretty patterned
endpapers. A superb copy.
A very handsome binding, with outstanding gauffered
edges. The Temple is the major work of Herbert, a
series of devotional poems by one of the most important
seventeenth century English poets.
£150.00
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