Biathanatos /
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| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early English books, 1641-1700 ;
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| Item Description: | Title tranliterated from Greek. Edited by the author's son, John Donne, who signed "The epistle dedicatory." Consists of the sheets (except sig. S, pages 137-144) of the original undated edition, published (probably in 1646) with title page: Biathanatos : a declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise ... / written by Iohn Donne ... ; published by authoritie. London : Printed by J. Dawson. Cf. Donne, J. Biathanatos, 1930, pages 71-77. "Written in 1608, and published, contrary to Donne's command, by his son"--Grolier. Wither to Prior, volume 1, page 238. Marginal notes. Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York. Microform : a declaration of that paradoxe or thesis that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise : wherein the nature, and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed. |
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| Physical Description: | 18 unnumbered pages, 218, that is, 220 pages |