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Rare Books, including a Botanical Library
1:00 PM PT - Sep 13th, 2007

 

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John Donne's Letters First Edition 1651

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Title: Letters to Severall Persons of Honour
Author: Donne, John
Description: [vi], 318 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. (4to) 7¼x5¼, contemporary full calf with later rebacking, red morocco title label. First Edition. 19th century armorial bookplate of Henry Gee Barnard and later bookplate of J. Roy W. Barrette. Wing D1864.
Place Published: London
Publisher Name: Richard Marriot
Date Published: 1651

Condition report

Joints and edges lightly worn, front hinge cracked between A2 & A3; A3 to B1 partially detached; faint dampstain to lower edge of approximately the last half of the volume, occasional small chips and light worming in margins, scattered marginal pencil markings; else very good.

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