Poems

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Lot 26 | Poems
Poems

John Donne, 1633

DONNE, John (1572-1631). Poems. London: M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot, 1633.



A beautiful copy of the first edition of John Donne's collected poems. The passionate wit of John Donne has made him beloved since his own time. Most of Donne's work circulated only in manuscript during his life, and here is lovingly collected from those copies two years after his death. "The text of this first edition of Donne's collected Poems does not appear to have been derived from any single source. Grierson and later editors, notably Gardner and Milgate, believe that the original compiler used two sources belonging to the two main groups of surviving manuscripts, but made changes on his own authority and by reference to yet other manuscripts. The resulting text has more authority than any other in print" (Keyes). This copy with "The Printer to the Understanders" and "Hexastichon Bibliopolae" bound after the first gathering, and the uncancelled, 35-line state of Nn1. Grolier Donne 81; Keynes 78; Pforzheimer 296; STC (2nd ed.), 7045.



Quarto (186 x 130mm). (A few scattered small repairs.) Later polished calf gilt, edges gilt (rebacked preserving original spine). Custom clamshell box. Provenance: John W. Burgon (inscription dated 1834 and a few pages of bibliographic notes).

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