- 830
Walton, Izaak
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- The lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. London: by Tho. Roycroft for Richard Marriot, 1675
- ink, paper, leather
8vo (6 1/4 x 4 ins.; 163 x 100 mm). Portrait frontispiece of Donne by Pierre Lombart, each account with separate title and portrait though paged continuously; some toning, insignificant repairs to lower inner margins of first title and portrait, one signature misbound, but complete. Modern ruled sheep to style.
presentation copy with Walton's corrections and an impression of donne's seal. Wm. Chetwin. With an impression of Donne's seal in red wax at p. 57.
presentation copy with Walton's corrections and an impression of donne's seal. Wm. Chetwin. With an impression of Donne's seal in red wax at p. 57.
Provenance
J.C. Lynn (piscatorial bookplate). acquisition: Peter Murray Hill
Literature
Wing W672
Catalogue Note
Presentation copy from the author, with a fine impression of a wax seal that Donne had given to him.
Inscribed on the title-page: "For Mr. Wm Chetwin, IZ Wa." Opposite a Donne poem on page 57, Walton has impressed with red wax an anchor and cross seal, a gift from Donne and one that Walton used on his will.