Oct 13, 2022 - Sale 2617

Sale 2617 - Lot 190

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Donne, John (1572-1631)
Five Sermons upon Speciall Occasions.

London: Printed for Thomas Jones, 1626.



First edition of this compilation, quarto, a reissue with new general title (original signature A1 from first work canceled); lacking A1, A4, G1, & G4 in the third sermon; reissues of STC 7054, 7052, 7039, 7040 & 7050; the Pirie copy with bookplate; bound in 18th century half sheepskin with blue pastepaper boards; separate titles throughout; with woodcut initials, fore-edge of title frayed, signature B trimmed closely at fore-edge touching some rules and shoulder notes; faint toning and staining, binding rubbed, 6 7/8 x 5 in.

STC 7041; Keynes 22; ESTC S109970.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.