Robert Herrick, Hesperides and His Noble Numbers, ed. prin., London: 1648

ESTC System No.   006089807 ESTC Citation No.   R23362

Author - personal   Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674.

Title   Hesperides: or, The vvorks both humane & divine of Robert Herrick Esq. Variant title   Hesperides   Works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick Esq   Hesperides: or, The works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick Esq   His noble numbers

Publisher/year   London : printed for John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho: Hunt, book-seller in Exon, 1648.

Physical descr.   [8], 398, [2], 79, [3] p. :  port. ;  8^o.

General note   In verse.   The engraved frontispiece portrait (A1v) is signed: W. Marshall fecit.   The last leaf is blank.   "His noble numbers, or, His pious pieces" has a separate title page dated 1647, and separate pagination; title page is printed on leaf 2C8r; text begins on leaf 2A1.   An imprint variant of the edition lacking "Tho: Hunt, book-seller in Exon" in imprint. Citation/references   Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), H1595   Thomason, E.1090[1] Surrogates   Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1962. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 72:19).   Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1978. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Thomason Tracts; 162:E.1090[1]). Loc. of filmed copy   CSmH.   L. Added name   Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.   Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674. His noble numbers.

Copies - Brit.Isles   British Library 

Copies - N.America   Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery    Newberry    University of Illinois    Williams College, Chapin Library 

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Note that the ESTC records an earlier, 1647 publication of just the "Noble Numbers," which may have been issued first before the whole collection was published.  We know this because the larger edition was printed in octavo format (8 pages of type on each pressed leaf), whereas the 1647 "Noble Numbers" are printed in the larger quarto format (4 leaves of type on each pressed leaf).  ESTC records no other publications of Herrick's collected works through 1700, when English 211's literary survey technically ends.  Herrick's reputation was restored from oblivion by twentieth-century critics.

ESTC System No.   006089806 ESTC Citation No.   R23361

Author - personal   Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674.

Title   His noble numbers: or, His pious pieces vvherein (amongst other things) he sings the birth of his Christ and sighes for his Saviours suffering on the crosse. Variant title   His noble numbers   His pious pieces

Publisher/year   London : printed for John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, 1647. P

hysical descr.   [2], 79, [1] p. ;  4^o. General note   Anonymous. By Robert Herrick. Uncontrolled note   Most copies are bound with Herrick’s "Hesperides". Verify that this work was also issued separately. Citation/references   Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), H1597 Copies - Brit.Isles   British Library    Oxford University Bodleian Library (includes The Vicar’s Library, ST. Mary’s Church, Marlborough)    Oxford University Worcester College Library    Victoria and Albert Museum National Art Library  Copies - N.America   Boston Public, Main    University of California, Los Angeles, William Andrews Clark Memorial    University of Illinois    University of Texas    Wellesley College    Yale University, Sterling Memorial