Essayes in divinity; /
Donne, John,1572-1631.
Donne, John,1604-1662.
London : printed by T.M. for Richard Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in St Dunstan's Church-yard Fleet-street,
1651.
Signatures: A⁶ chi² B-K¹² L⁴.
Signatures from Keynes.
Contents: A1 title; A2a-6a dedication to Sr H. Vane Junior signed John Donne (A2 with sig. 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' Cf. Keynes. Copies lacking any and all leaves of dedication are not imperfect.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 1st".
Wing (2nd ed., 1994)
Keynes, G. Bibl. of John Donne,
Thomason
ESTC
Christianity