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[004505] Donne, John. Poems on Several Occasions … With Elegies on the Author’s Death. To This Edition is Added, Some Account of the Life of the Author. London: J. Tonson, and Sold By W. Taylor, 1719. Sixth Edition. 16mo. Hardback. Good+. [25], 2-365pp, [3]. Nineteenth century straight grain morocco, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, remaining panels with small roundel corner pieces and a central roundel with a flower head inside with small tripod type tool emanating, all enclosed in a double line border, with a dotted line to head and foot. Covers with a double line border around a small flower head roll, with small flower head corner pieces, a.e.g., gilt roll to inner edge, Stormont marbled endpapers

Rubbed to extremities with small amounts of loss of colour, especially to spine ends, corners gently bumped. Internally lightly browned throughout, occasionally heavier, with some light foxing, but never really obtrusive

Book plate of Joseph Tasker and book label of Henry Beeching to front pastedown, and the book label of Robert Ball to ffep, with an ink gift inscription from a former owner to head of ffep

The account of Donne’s life is abridged from Walton (see Keynes)

Keynes 85