Meditations among the tombs : in a letter to a lady

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Title: Meditations among the tombs : in a letter to a lady
Alternative Title: Reflections on a flower-garden in a letter to a lady
Creator: Hervey, James, 1714-1758, author
Contributor: John and James Rivington (Firm), publisher.
Leake, James, -1764, publisher.
Published / Created: MDCCXLVI [1746]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-yard; and J. Leake, at Bath
Description: In two parts, with separate titlepages, pagination and register.
The second part is entitled 'Reflections on a flower-garden in a letter to a lady'.
Each part has a final leaf of errata.
Provenance: James Hervey's copy of the first edition with extensive manuscript corrections, annotations, and additions for the third edition, with many addition on additonal leaves bound in.
Extent: [2], viii, 86, [2] ; [2], 122, [2] pages ; 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Meditations
Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1796
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Annotations (Provenance)
Original art
Brit tracts
Resource Type: still image
text
Subject (Topic): Death
Spiritual life
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Subjects: Death > Meditations
Spiritual life
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
British > 18th century
England > London > 1796
Brit tracts > 1746
Hervey, James, 1714-1758 > Ms. notes