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HERBERT George The Temple, HARVEY Christopher The Synagogue or the Shadow of the Temple, WALTON Izaac The Life of George Herbert. London printed by F Barber for Jeffrey Wale at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-yard. 1703. Twelfth edition, corrected with the addition of an Alphabetical Table. (The Synagogue the eighth edition corrected and enlarged). 12o [14], 191, [35], 72, 56 [4] collates with ESTC T84482. Contemporary panelled calf boards, later rebacked, banded spine blind-stamped decoration, text block firm, inked 'H' fep, A16,17 minor spotting, A18 a printing error fourth stanza, leaf B6 three small repairs to page edge, leaf B9 a printing error, p139 some marking to text and which is legible, creasing pp175-176, final two leaves one Walton comment and one leaf adverts., crisp and clean pages. Text block firm and square. A very good copy. Per ESTC T84482, the anonymous author of The Synagogue is Christopher Harvey (1597 - 1663). Under the Estc there are just two UK copies, at the British Library and King's College, London. In the USA two copies at Yate and Harvard, one at the University of Sydney.
Author HERBERT, George

Price: £1000.00

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