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Lot 116

DONNE (JOHN)
Poems, By J.D. With Elegies on the Authors Death, FIRST EDITION, M[iles] F[lesher], for John Marriot, 1633

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DONNE (JOHN)

Poems, By J.D. With Elegies on the Authors Death, FIRST EDITION, without initial and final blanks but with the 2 leaves of "The Printer to the Understanders" and "Hexastichon Bibliopolae", neat repairs to title and about 15 further leaves, blank corner of 3A3 replaced, panelled calf antique by W. Pratt, rebacked preserving spine [ESTC S121864; Grolier/English 25; Hayward 54; Keynes, Donne 78; Pforzheimer 296], small 4to (183 x 130mm.), M[iles] F[lesher], for John Marriot, 1633

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Provenance: Cornelius Paine (1809-1890), ownership inscription and bookplate; probably his sale, Sotheby's London, 16-23 February 1891; Charles B. Foote, bookplate; his sale, Bangs, 20 February 1895, lot 46b; Hoar, bookplate.

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