Reginald Heber — Poems and Translation

Halifax, Milner and Sowerby, 1857. Cloth. A new and improved edition of this collection of poems and translations by Anglican bishop Reginald Heber. New and improved edition. With a portrait frontispiece and title vignette. A poetry collection including titles such as: 'Palestine', which Sir Walter Scott aided in the composition of, 'Europe', 'The Passage of the Red Sea', and others. As well as translations of important moral verses. With a memoir of the author. Written by Reginald Heber, an English Anglican bishop, a man of letters, and hymn-writer who served as Bishop of Calcutta towards the end of his life. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth. Front hinge just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .