Five sermons vpon speciall occasions
Subtitle: (Viz.) 1. A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, 2. To the honorable the Virginia Company, 3. At the consecration of Lincolnes Inne Chappell, 4. The first sermon preached to K. Charles at St. Iames, 1625, 5. A sermon preached to His Maiestie at White-hall, 24. Febr. 1625
By: by Iohn Donne, Deane of Saint Pauls, London.
Contributors: Jones, Thomas, fl. 1600-1637, printer.; Thornton, John Wingate, 1818-1878, former owner.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for Thomas Iones, and are to bee sold at the signe of the Blacke Rauen in the Strand
Published: 1626
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Church of England -- Sermons.; Occasional sermons.; Sermons, English -- 17th century.
Other titles: Five sermons upon special occasions
Notes: LC copy inscribed on front free endpaper by J. Wingate Thornton, dated Jan. 6th, 1851.
STC (2nd ed.) 7041
A re-issue, with an added general t.p., of five sermons previously issued separately; the general t.p. replaces A² of the first sermon.
Signatures: pi²(-pi2) B-I⁴ K², ²A-G⁴, ³A-F⁴ G²(-G2), ⁴A-H⁴, ⁵A-G⁴ H². Leaves ²A1, ⁴A1, ⁵A1, and ⁴H2 are blank.
Each sermon has its own t.p. except first sermon: [A sermon vpon the XX. verse of the V. chapter of the booke of Iudges. London : Printed for Thomas Iones ..., 1622] (STC 7054) -- A sermon vpon the eight vere of the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles preached to the Honourable Company of the Virginian Plantation, 13. Nouenb. 1622. London : Printed for Thomas Iones. 1624 (STC 7052) -- Encaenia. The Feast of Dedication celebrated at Lincolnes Inne, in a sermon there vpon Ascension Day, 1623. London : Printed by Avg. Mat. for Thomas Iones ..., 1623 (STC 7039) -- The first sermon preached to King Charles, at Saint Iames, 3. April, 1625. London : Printed by A.M. for Thomas Iones ..., 1625 (STC 7040) -- A sermon preached to the Kings Mtie. at Whitehall, 24. Febr. 1625. London : Printed for Thomas Iones ..., 1626 (STC 7050).
LC copy has a biographical entry bound at the front, taken from an unidentified work, on laid paper with pagination 53-65: "Donne, John, D.D. was born in London, in 1573; his father was lineally descended from a very ancient family in Wales, where many of his name now live ..."
LC copy has facsimile of the t.p. of the first edition (1622) of the second sermon mounted on ²A1.