Gems of sacred poetry.
Contributors: Cattermole, Richard, 1795?-1858.; Field, J. bookseller, fl. 1839-1846.; Standidge & Co.
Publisher: John W. Parker
Published: 1841
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.; Religious poetry, English.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: British sacred poets
Notes: Vol. 1: xii, 287, [1] p. (the last page blank); v. 2: xii, 287, [1] p. (the last page blank)

Each volume with added lithographed t.p. printed in black, red and blue on a beige background with imprint: "Standidge & Co. Litho, London".

Each volume with lithographed t.p. printed in black on a beige background tint: "British Sacred Poets".

T.p. plates are included in pagination.

T.p. and text printed within thin red rule border.

Edited by Richard Cattermole.  Cf. British Library Public Catalogue.

"Of the Fugitive Pieces with which the work concludes, many will be found of a high degree of merit, and standing in no need of that species of popularity which their bearing the names of well-known writers would confer upon them.  The majority have already appeared in the various volumes of the Saturday Magazine, and it is presumed that this attempt to present them in a more convenient shape will be favourably regarded."--Advertisement.

Includes works by Barbauld, Coleridge, Cowper, Keble, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, James Montgomery, Robert Montgomery, Thomson, Wordsworth and others.

MASS copy: Bound in 1 v.  Bound in brown morocco tooled in gold; a.e.g.  Board edges and turn-ins tooled in blind.  With marbled endpapers.  With bookseller's label: "J. Field,  Bookseller, &c,  65, Regents Quadrant  London.".  With presentation inscription dated 1858.