Essayes in divinity; by the late Dr Donne, Dean of St Paul's. Being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. Now made publick by his son J. D. Dr of the civil law.
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Printed by T. M. for Richard Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in St Dunstan's Church-yard Fleet-street,
1651.
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| Item Description: | Signatures: A⁶ chi² B-K¹² L⁴. Signatures from Keynes. Contents: A1 title; A2a-6b dedication to Sr H. Vane Junior signed John Donne (A2 with signature A3, A2-6 usually cancelled in whole or part); chi1a-b To the Reader, unsigned; chi2 blank (usually cancelled); B1a-K11a (pp. 1-213) Essayes in Divinity; K11b-L4b (pp. 214-24) Prayers. Cf. Keynes. 'When the younger Donne decided to make the Juvenilia more respectable by adding the Essayes in Divinity he felt he must try to suppress his dedication to Sir Henry Vane with .. confusing results' -- Keynes. Copies lacking any and all leaves of dedication are not imperfect. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 1st". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([16], 224 pages) |