Meditations and Contemplations, by James Hervey, printed for J. Lackington, 1788

James Hervey’s Meditations and Contemplations is a popular 18th-century devotional work reflecting on nature, mortality, and divine creation. First published in the mid-1700s, the text is divided into two volumes: the first contains reflections inspired by graveyards, gardens, and the natural world; the second includes spiritual essays on night skies and winter scenes. Written in an elevated yet accessible style, the book aims to guide readers toward deeper religious thought through contemplation of the everyday and the eternal. This 1788 edition, printed for the notable London bookseller J. Lackington, brings together both volumes in a single binding.

Meditations and Contemplations, In Two Volumes, Containing, Vol. I; Meditations Among the Tombs; Reflections on a Flower Garden; A Descant on Creation; Vol. II; Contemplations on the Night. Contemplations on the Starry Heavens; And A Winter Piece. By James Hervey, A.M. 2 Volumes bound as one (complete).

Printed for J. Lackington, London, 1788. 

A good full calf leather hardback in contemporary binding. Covers are worn and rubbed with cracked joints. Leather a bit brittle and with losses to some areas over the boards. Gilt banded decoration to the spine. Binding still holding if a a little weak now. Previous owner's inscription to first free endpaper. With engraved frontispiece and title page with vignette illustration - both pages with slight rough cut shortening at lower edge. 

Text pages are good throughout. Occasional light scattered spotting or age-toned area, but well presented and very usable.

Text in English.

xxvi + (1) + 193pp + x + vi + (1) + 200pp.

Dimensions: 

Approximately 182mm high x 114mm wide x 38mm deep.

Weight approximately 277g (unpacked).