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Donne (John) LXXX Sermons... [&] Fifty Sermons, 2 works
Donne (John) LXXX Sermons..., engraved additional architectural title incorporating oval portrait of Donne (second state), lacking initial blank but with final blank, also lacking F6, title stained and with tear to upper edge (repaired), large ink stain to verso of F3, printed [by Miles Flesher] for Richard Royston...and Richard Marriott..., 1640; Fifty Sermons...The Second Volume, lacking 2Q gathering, printed by Ja. Flesher for M[iles] F[lesher], J. Marriot, and R. Royston, 1649, together 2 works in 1 vol., first & only editions, titles with woodcut devices, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, a few small holes or stains, light worming to upper margin of second work, one or two leaves frayed at edges, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, some corners repaired, [STC 7038 & Wing D1862; Keynes 29-30], folio; sold not subject to return
⁂ The prefatory essay in the first is the first printing of Izaak Walton's classic Life of Donne. While the second item is listed as the second volume on the title, it is regarded as a separate work in its own right.
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Donne (John) LXXX Sermons..., engraved additional architectural title incorporating oval portrait of Donne (second state), lacking initial blank but with final blank, also lacking F6, title stained and with tear to upper edge (repaired), large ink stain to verso of F3, printed [by Miles Flesher] for Richard Royston...and Richard Marriott..., 1640; Fifty Sermons...The Second Volume, lacking 2Q gathering, printed by Ja. Flesher for M[iles] F[lesher], J. Marriot, and R. Royston, 1649, together 2 works in 1 vol., first & only editions, titles with woodcut devices, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, a few small holes or stains, light worming to upper margin of second work, one or two leaves frayed at edges, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, some corners repaired, [STC 7038 & Wing D1862; Keynes 29-30], folio; sold not subject to return
⁂ The prefatory essay in the first is the first printing of Izaak Walton's classic Life of Donne. While the second item is listed as the second volume on the title, it is regarded as a separate work in its own right.
