Lot 287
  • 287

Donne, John

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • Donne, John
  • Poems on Several Occasions. … With Elegies on the Author’s Death. To this edition is added, some account of the life of the author. London: Printed for J. Tonson; and sold by W. Taylor at the Ship in Pater-noster-Row, 1719
  • printed book
12mo (6 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.; 161 x 95 mm, uncut and unopened). Woodcut ornaments; title-page foxed, scattered foxing. Original blue wrappers; spine lost, chipped, lightly soiled. Red buckram folding-case.

Provenance

Sir John Trollope (armorial bookplate) — Christie's London, 14 June 1978, lot 32 (undesignated consignor). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch

Literature

ESTC T96902; Grolier/Donne 90; Grolier/Wither to Prior 292; Keynes, Donne 85

Condition

12mo (6 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.; 161 x 95 mm, uncut and unopened). Woodcut ornaments; title-page foxed, scattered foxing. Original blue wrappers; spine lost, chipped and lightly soiled. Red buckram folding-case.
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Catalogue Note

Sixth edition.