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HERBERT, George (1593-1633). The Temple. Edited by Nicholas Ferrar. Cambridge: Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1633. 12° (143 x 76mm). Title with typographical border and ornament, ornamental initials. (Title-page loose and frayed at border, marginal wear in two leaves, lightly soiled.) 18th-century calf-backed boards (front cover missing, worn).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Shortly before he died, Herbert entrusted the manuscript of his English poems to his friend, Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding with instructions to burn them or publish them, if it be to "the advantage of any dejected poor Soul". Ferrar had them published the same year with his biographical sketch of the author, and they went through 6 editions in under ten years. Although a variant title-page is known without a printed date, the bibliographers concur that the dated title is earlier. STC 13183; Pforzheimer 465; Grolier, Wither to Prior II, 438; F.E. Hutchinson, "The First Edition of Herbert's Temple, Oxford Bib. Soc. Proceedings and Papers, V, 1939, 189-97; Hayward 66.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Shortly before he died, Herbert entrusted the manuscript of his English poems to his friend, Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding with instructions to burn them or publish them, if it be to "the advantage of any dejected poor Soul". Ferrar had them published the same year with his biographical sketch of the author, and they went through 6 editions in under ten years. Although a variant title-page is known without a printed date, the bibliographers concur that the dated title is earlier. STC 13183; Pforzheimer 465; Grolier, Wither to Prior II, 438; F.E. Hutchinson, "The First Edition of Herbert's Temple, Oxford Bib. Soc. Proceedings and Papers, V, 1939, 189-97; Hayward 66.
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