Deuotions vpon emergent occasions, . and seuerall steps in my sicknes. Digested into 1. Meditations vpon our humane condition. 2. Expostulations, and debatements with God. 3. Prayers, vpon the seuerall occasions, to him. By Iohn Donne, Deane of S. Pauls, London.
John Donne (c.1572-1631)
Category
Books
Date
1627
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3103175
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 489, [1] p. . 12mo.. Provenance: Pencil annotations Earl of Bristol [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)](paste string); Seventeenth-century hand inscription on title page: "14 Sept 1685 Given me by Mrs <K...?> Reynolds"; manuscript inscription: Tho: & Isabella Hervey [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]; Seventeenth-century hand inscription on title page: "O Decus atque Dolor". Binding: Seventeeth-century brown calf blind-tooled binding; later brown calf spine lettered in gold.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
John Donne (c.1572-1631)