Essayes in divinity; by the late Dr Donne, Dean of St Paul's. Being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. Now made publick by his son J.D. Dr of the civil law.

People / Organizations

• John Donne (Author)

Imprint

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.

Publication year

1651-1651

ESTC No.

R209209

Grub Street ID

85427

Description

[16], 224 p. ; 12⁰

Note

Signatures: A? chi? B-K?? L?.

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.

Uncontrolled note

Pagination includes dedication