Herbert, George

THE TEMPLE. SACRED POEMS, AND PRIVATE EJACULATIONS; [Bound with] THE SYNAGOGUE, OR, THE SHADOW OF THE TEMPLE. SACRED POEMS, AND PRIVATE EJACULATIONS

London: Printed by T[homas]. R[oycroft]. for Philemon Stephens, at the gilded Lyon in S. Pauls Church-yard; Printed for Philemon Stephens, at the gilded Lion in Pauls Church-yard;, 1656/1657. Seventh Edition, First London Edition; Third Edition. 12mo., [12], 192, [36], [2], 70 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in 20th-century full calf with gilt titling and stamping to spine. Ownership inscription in ink to second free end paper, dated 1696. Register restarts with The Synagogue; very small worming to lower fore corner from I1 to the end; "The Altar" has had its outline traced in ink.

The Temple is the seventh edition, which is also the first London edition, the previous six having been printed in Cambridge. It is bound with The Synagogue, in its third edition. Scarce. Shelved in Case 0.

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George Herbert’s (1593-1633) most influential work, The Temple was published posthumously in 1633 and contains two of the most famous examples of shaped or patterned poetry, “Easter Wings” and “The Altar.” ESTC R5798.