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Donne, John
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- Donne, John
- A Sermon upon the XV. Verse of the XX. Chapter of the Booke of Judges Wherein Occasion was justly taken for the Publication of some Reasons, which his Sacred Maiestie had beene Pleased to Give, of those Directions for Preachers, which he had formerly sent forth. Preached at the Crosse the 15th. of September. 1622. London: Printed by William Stansby for Thomas Jones, and are to be sold at his shop in the Strand at the blacke Raven, neere unto Saint Clements Church, 1622
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4to (4 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.; 181 x 143 mm). Woodcut initials and headpieces, with initial blank A1; fore-edge margin of title-page and first few leaves gnawn by mice. Contemporary vellum; quite worn, wormholes in spine, right edge of front cover chipped, remains of ties.
Bound first in a Sammelband with Marco Antonio De Dominis. A Manifestation of the Motives, whereupon the … Archbishop of Spalato, (in the territorie of Venice) undertooke his Departure Thence. London: Printed by [Robert Barker] for John Bill, 1616 (STC 6998) — Henry Constable. The Catholike Moderator: or A Moderate Examination of the Doctrine of the Protestants. Proving against the too rigid Catholikes of these times, and against the Arguments especially, of that Booke called, The answer to the Catholike Apologie, that we, who are Members of the Catholike, Apostolike, and Roman Church, ought not to Condemne the Protestants for Heretikes, untill Further Proofe be Made. London: Printed [by Edward Allde] for Nathaniel Butter, 1624 (STC 5636.8)
Bound first in a Sammelband with Marco Antonio De Dominis. A Manifestation of the Motives, whereupon the … Archbishop of Spalato, (in the territorie of Venice) undertooke his Departure Thence. London: Printed by [Robert Barker] for John Bill, 1616 (STC 6998) — Henry Constable. The Catholike Moderator: or A Moderate Examination of the Doctrine of the Protestants. Proving against the too rigid Catholikes of these times, and against the Arguments especially, of that Booke called, The answer to the Catholike Apologie, that we, who are Members of the Catholike, Apostolike, and Roman Church, ought not to Condemne the Protestants for Heretikes, untill Further Proofe be Made. London: Printed [by Edward Allde] for Nathaniel Butter, 1624 (STC 5636.8)
Provenance
acquisition: Francis Edwards, before 1971
Literature
STC 7053; ESTC S122024; Grolier/Donne 46 (this copy); Keynes, Donne 12
Catalogue Note
First edition, first issue of first of Donne's sermons to appear in print, bound with two contemporary anti-Catholic treatises.