Meditations and contemplations : In two volumes. Containing, Vol. I. Meditations among the tombs. Reflections on a flower-garden; and, A descant upon creation. Vol. II. Contemplations on the night. Contemplations on the starry heavens; and, A winter-piece. / By James Hervey, A.B. late of Lincoln-College, Oxford. ; Vol. I[-II].

Author/creator Hervey, James
Other author R. T. dedicatee.
Other author Orchard, Paul, dedicatee.
Format Electronic
EditionThe seventh edition.
Publication Info[Philadelphia] : London printed: Philadelphia re-printed, and sold by W. Bradford, at the Sign of the Bible in Second-Street, M,DCC,L. [1750]
Description2 volumes ; 16 cm (8vo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 6515. ^A478749
General noteVol. 1 dedicated to Miss R.T.; v. 2 dedicated to Paul Orchard.
General noteEdition statement transposed; precedes "Vol. I." on title page.
General noteVol. 1: xvi, 234, [2] p.; v. 2: xv, [1], 237, [3] p.
General noteErrors in paging: v. 1, p. 133, 212 misnumbered 233, 112; v. 2, p. 148 and 219-222 misnumbered 248 and 119-122.
General noteVol. 1 contains poems addressed to Hervey by "a physician."
References Evans 6515
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1178
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6515).
Genre/formPoems 1750.

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