Description
Donne (John) Poems, &c....With Elegies on the Authors Death..., fifth edition, woodcut head-piece and initial, p.153 with "Vice-couering", lacking initial and final blanks (initial blank replaced with an old leaf), contemporary ink initials at head of title with small annotations/corrections to head-lines & pagination and "New" written beside many poems (causing ink stain and slight damage to pagination of Z gathering), upper margin trimmed close with occasional slight loss to headline or pagination, browned, modern burgundy morocco, covers with double gilt fillet border, spine titled and ruled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, spine very slightly faded, [Keynes 84; Wing D1871], 8vo, by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1669.
⁂ The most complete of the 17th century editions of Donne, with the addition of five new poems including 'To his Mistresse going to bed' and 'O My America! My New-found-land'.
Lot 35
Donne (John) Poems, &c., fifth edition, modern burgundy morocco, gilt, by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1669.
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Donne (John) Poems, &c....With Elegies on the Authors Death..., fifth edition, woodcut head-piece and initial, p.153 with "Vice-couering", lacking initial and final blanks (initial blank replaced with an old leaf), contemporary ink initials at head of title with small annotations/corrections to head-lines & pagination and "New" written beside many poems (causing ink stain and slight damage to pagination of Z gathering), upper margin trimmed close with occasional slight loss to headline or pagination, browned, modern burgundy morocco, covers with double gilt fillet border, spine titled and ruled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, spine very slightly faded, [Keynes 84; Wing D1871], 8vo, by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1669.
⁂ The most complete of the 17th century editions of Donne, with the addition of five new poems including 'To his Mistresse going to bed' and 'O My America! My New-found-land'.