(Poetry)

Herbert, George. The Temple. Sacred and Private Ejaculations.  London: W. Godbid. 12mo. Bound with: Harvey, C. The Synagogue; or the Shadow of the Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. In Imitation of Mr. George Herbert.  London: Robert Stephens, 1673. (Wing H1521 and H1049). acquisition: 11 December 2007 — Herbert. the Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations.  London: S. Roycroft, 1679.  12 mo. (Wing H1523). provenance: Daniel Finch (inscription). acquisition: 1975 — Heywood, Thomas.  Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's, Selected Out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, etc.  London: Thomas Slater, 1637.  8vo. (STC 13358). acquisition: 1963 — Heywood. The Hierarchie of the blessed Angells. Their names, orders and Offices.  The fall of Lucifer with his Angells. London: Adam Islip, 1635. 4to. (STC 13327).  provenance: The Tollemache copy. acquisition: Ximines, 2002 — Howard, Robert.  The Duell of Stags: a Poem. London: Henry Herringman, 1668.  4to. (Wing H2991). provenance: Eric S. Quayle (bookplate). acquisition: 1972 — [Hobbes, Thomas]. The True Effigies of the Monster of Malmesbury; or, Thomas Hobbes in his Proper Colours.  London, 1680.  4to. (Wing T2693). acquisition: 2001

Together, 7 titles in 6 volumes. Calf bindings, one in half calf.

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