Lot 261
  • 261

Donne, John

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • Donne, John
  • Ignatius his Conclave: or his Inthronisation in a Late Election in Hell: wherein Many Things are Mingled by way of Satyr. … London: Printed [by Augustine Mathewes] for Iohn Marriott, and are to be sold by W. Sheares at the Harrow in Britains Bursse, 1635
  • printed book
12mo (4 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.; 124 x 68 mm). Woodcut initial, type-ornament headlines; a few fore-edge corners a bit worn. Modern half blue morocco.

Provenance

Llanhydrock Library (Mr. Pirie’s annotation; press-mark D.1.4). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 1962

Literature

STC 7030; ESTC S116961; Grolier/Donne 9 (this copy); Keynes, Donne 9

Condition

12mo (4 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.; 124 x 68 mm). Woodcut initial, type-ornament headlines; a few fore-edge corners a bit worn. Modern half blue morocco.
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Catalogue Note

Third edition in English, second issue with imprint date changed to 1635.