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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Two volume set. Post 8vo (7.75 x 4.75 ins) pp xxx, [i], 288 + 296, xxxviii. Pale red half calf over marbled boards, with title and date gilt blocked on spine; top edge gilt. Half-title present in vol I only; titlepages with an engraved portrait set within ornate frame of Herrick with his facsimile signature underneath. Boards gently rubbed, text pages extremely clean and fresh. A Fine copy. Includes bibliographical references, and a table of contents for both volumes in vol II. Contents: vol. I: Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine; vol. II Hesperides (continued), His Noble Numbers: or, his Pious Pieces. Herrick wrote over 2,500 poems, about half of which appear in Hesperides. His style was influenced by Ben Jonson, by the classical Roman writers, and by the poems of the late Elizabethan era. Book.…