The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick.

HERRICK, Robert.

$850.00

Item Number: 137228

London: William Pickering, 1825.

Finely bound nineteenth century printing of Herrick’s collected poems. Octavo, two volumes bound in full dark green calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers.

Seventeenth century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric Robert Herrick remains best known for his book of poetry, Hesperides, published in 1648 which includes the classic poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."