Oct 13, 2022 - Sale 2617

Sale 2617 - Lot 191

Price Realized: $ 1,300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Donne, John (1572-1631)
Letters to Severall Persons of Honour.

London: Printed for J. Flesher for Richard Marriot, 1651.

First edition, quarto, engraved portrait of Donne by Lombart bound opposite the title, final blank present (Ss4); bound in 19th century calf by Tout, aeg.; signature of H. Brooke, bookplates of H. Buxton Forman, James Cox Brady, and H.R.S. Jr.; front joint cracked, board becoming detached, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.

Wing D-1864; Keynes 55; Pforzheimer 295; ESTC R1211.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.