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Done, John
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- Done, John
- Polydoron: or A Miscellania of Morall, Philosophicall, and Theologicall Sentences. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes for George Gibbes dwelling in Popes-head Alley at the signe of the Flower de Luce, 1631 — The Auncient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greeke, by Aristeus 1900. yeares since. Of his Voyage to Hierusalem, as Ambassador from Ptolomeus Philadelphus, unto Eleazer then Pontiffe of the Jewes. Concerning the First Translation of the Holy Bible, by the 72. Interpreters. … Newly done into English by J. Done. London: Printed by N.Okes, 1633
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2 volumes, 12mo (5 3/8 x 3 in.; 136 x 75 mm) and 8vo (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.; 147 x 89 mm). Polydoron: Woodcut printer's device on title-page (McKerrow 415), woodcut initials, type-ornament headpieces, with initial leaf signed A; some soiling and staining. Contemporary sheep; rubbed, spine restored. Septuagint: Woodcut initials, type-ornament headpieces; some light browning, minor worming at upper fore-edge corner occasionally touching a page number, headline, or shoulder-note. Contemporary calf; rubbed, bit of repair to spine.
Provenance
(Polydoron) Benedictine Monastery at Lambspring, Hanover (inscription on title-page) — Christie's London, 1 April 1981, lot 203. acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch
Literature
STC 7020, 750.5; ESTC S109798, S122439; Keynes, Donne 202, 204
Condition
12mo (5 3/8 x 3 in.; 136 x 75 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page (McKerrow 415), woodcut initials, type-ornament headpieces, with initial leaf signed A; some soiling and staining. Contemporary sheep; rubbed, spine restored.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition and second edition, respectively, of "the two dull and unimportant works by John Done [which] have been persistently attributed to Donne" (Keynes). ESTC points out that both the account and the purported author of the second work are fictitious. Scarce.