Description
Meditations and Contemplations, In Two Volumes (bound as one), James Hervey, Soule & T. Mason, New York, 1816, 206 pp, 199 pp, full leather, 5.5 x 3.25”, 32mo. In fair condition. Light wear to extremities. Typical dryness and scratching to surface of boards. Corners and extremes rubbed. Numerous old hand inscriptions throughout end papers. Front flyleaf torn at bottom right corner. Textblock moderately toned with instances of dampness staining and foxing throughout. Binding tight and intact. A sturdy little book. Please see photos. Author James Hervy was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton, and was educated at the grammar school of Northampton, and at Lincoln College, Oxford. Here he came under the influence of John Wesley and the Oxford Methodists, especially since he was a member of the Holy Club. Ultimately, however, while retaining his regard for the men and his sympathy with their religious aims, he adopted a thoroughly Calvinistic creed, and resolved to remain in the Anglican Church. His style is often bombastic, but he displays a rare appreciation of natural beauty, and his simple piety made him many friends. His earliest work, Meditations and Contemplations, said to have been modeled on Robert Boyle's Occasional Réflexions on various Subjects, within fourteen years passed through as many editions. COLR1816ABDN
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