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Donne, John
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- Donne, John
- Paradoxes, Problemes, Essayes, Characters … to which is Added a Book of Epigrams … As also Ignatius his Conclave, a Satyr. … London: Printed by T:N: for Humphrey Moseley at the Prince’s Armes in St Pauls Churchyard, 1652 — Essayes in Divinity … Being Several Disquisitions, Interwoven with Meditations and Prayers: Before he Entred into Holy Orders. Now Made Publick by his Son J.D. London: Printed by T.M. for Richard Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in St Dunstan’s Church-yard Fleet-street, 1651
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Two volumes bound in one, 12mo (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 150 x 85 mm). Paradoxes: title within type-ornament border, woodcut initials, type-ornament head- and tailpieces, with blanks L3–4. Essayes: title within type-ornament border, type-ornament initial-frames and head- and tailpieces, with initial blank. Contemporary calf, covers ruled in blind with blind-tooled fleuron cornerpieces, early paper label on spine, plain endpapers, red-sprinkled edges; extremities rubbed, spine with some minor repair.
Provenance
Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart (Sotheby's London, June 14, 1965, Lot 97). acquisition: E. M. Lawson, 1965
Literature
Wing D1861, cf. D1867; ESTC R1266, R209209; Grolier/Donne 28 (this copy); Grolier/ Wither to Prior 297, 295; Keynes, Donne 46, 50; Thomason Tracts 179:E.1359[2], E.1362[1]
Condition
2 volumes bound in one, 12mo (5 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.; 150 x 85 mm). Paradoxes: title within type-ornament border, woodcut initials, type-ornament head- and tailpieces, with blanks L34. Essayes: title within type-ornament border, type-ornament initial-frames and head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, covers ruled in blind with blind-tooled fleuron cornerpieces, early paper label on spine, plain endpapers, red-sprinkled edges; extremities rubbed, spine with some minor repair.
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
Third edition, first issue, and first edition, respectively. "When the younger Donne decided to make Juvenilia more respectable by adding the Essayes in Divinity he felt he must try to suppress his dedication to Sir Henry Vane the younger with confusing results. … It seems probably that the address to Vane, republican and regicide, came to be regarded as impolitic when he was dedicating the composite volume to Francis Lord Newport, a consistent royalist" (Keynes, p. 126). The present volume retains the dedication to Newport, but the one to Vane (A3–7) is cancelled, as usual.