The poetical works of George Sandys / now first collected ; with introduction and notes by the Rev. Richard Hooper [complete in two volumes]
1872, First Edition. London : John Russell Smith, Soho Square. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age; corners slightly bumped. Faint foxing to prelims; tissue-guarded portrait frontis to v.1. Remains a well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #449828
Series; Library of old authors. Physical description; Complete in 2 volumes : illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes; Appended to v. 1: The tunes to Sandys' paraphrase upon the Psalms, composed by Henry Lawes. Contents; v. 1. Introduction. Commendatory verses. A paraphrase upon Job. A paraphrase upon the Psalms of David.--v. 2. A paraphrase upon the Psalms (cont.) A paraphrase upon Ecclesiastes. A paraphrase upon the Song of Solomon. A paraphrase upon the Lamentations of Jeremiah. A paraphrase upon the songs collected out of the Old and New Testaments. Deo opt. max. Christ's passion, a tragedy. Appendix. Subjects; Bible Paraphrases, English.
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