Hesperides. by HERRICK, Robert

London: William Pickering, 1846. 2 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. An exquisite late Victorian crushed morocco by Ramage, with gilt raised bands and superb gilt tooling to the panels and the boards in the form of a Cambridge panel. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With the label of George Sherriff. This fine printing for William Pickering also contains a reprint of the 1647 edition of Herrick's 'Noble Numbers: or, His Pious Pieces'. Robert Herrick was a great 17th century English lyric poet and theologian.