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Donne, John
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Donne, John
- Poems, by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors Death. London: Printed by M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in St Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-street, 1649
- printed book
8vo (5 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.; 132 x 83 mm). Gathering Cc mis-signed Dd; lacks frontispiece portrait and blank A1, title-page browned at margins and reinforced on verso, final leaf rebacked, fore-edge margin of D8 torn away just touching page number on recto, scattered staining. Speckled calf by Bayntun-Rivière.
Provenance
Sotheby's Hodgson's Rooms, 6 June 1969, lot 259 (undesignated consignor). acquisition: Seven Gables, 1969
Literature
Wing D1868; ESTC R29368; Grolier/Donne 85;Grolier/Wither to Prior 289; Keynes, Donne 81
Condition
8vo (5 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.; 132 x 83 mm). Gathering Cc mis-signed Dd; lacks frontispiece portrait and blank A1, title-page browned at margins and reinforced on verso, final leaf rebacked, fore-edge margin of D8 torn away just touching page number on recto, scattered staining. Speckled calf by Bayntun-Rivière.
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
Fourth edition, first issue, and the rarest of the seventeenth-century editions of Donne's Poems: ESTC records just six other copies. "Of this edition very few copies seem to have been circulated. … Probably it was never actually published, the sheets of most of the copies being incorporated in the volume issued by the same publisher in 1650 under the editorship of the younger Donne [see following lot]" (Keynes).