Poems on Several Occasions.

DONNE (John).

Poems on Several Occasions.

"BUSIE OLD FOOL, UNRULY SUN"

Written by the Reverend John Donne, D. D. Late Dean of St. Paul’s. With Elegies on the Author’s Death. To this Edition is added, Some Account of the Life of the Author.

12mo (150 x 85). [24], 365, [3]pp., title-page ruled in red. A very clean copy. 18th-century red straight-grained morocco, covers ruled in gilt, smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endleaves, gilt edges (spine a little rubbed but otherwise a very handsome copy).

London: J. Tonson and sold by W. Taylor, 1719.

£3,000.00

Keynes A Bibliography of Dr. John Donne 85.

A very pretty copy of a good collection of Donne’s poems which also includes a biography of the author.

All of Donne’s most famous poems are included in this collection from “The Flea”, The Sun Rising“ and “The Good-Morrow” through to the Elegies and the Holy Sonnets.

Provenance: Earls of Clarendon, bookplate on front pastedown. Later book label of book collector Kenneth Rapoport.

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