Letters to severall persons of honour: . written by John Donne sometime Deane of St Pauls London. Published by John Donne Dr. of the Civill Law.
John Donne (c.1572-1631)
Category
Books
Date
1651
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3107528
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],318,[2]p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. . 4to.. Former shelfmark: Bb.4.8 (in blue ink). Two leaves of plates showing parents with children from unknown 19th/20th century publication inserted loosely at front.. Provenance: Two bookplates on front pastedown: 1). Round armorial: I. Johannis Whitefoord Mackenzie armigeri [i.e. John Whitefoord Mackenzie (1794-1884)]. 2). Chippendale armorial: The Earl of Breadĺbane (motto "Follow me") [probably either John Campbell, Earl of Breadlbane (1662-1752), or John campbell, Earl of Breadalbane (1695 or 6-1782)]. Slip attached to front free endpaper, with manuscript inscription: "To Rudyard Kipling from one of the jungle people. Washington Mch 19. 1895" [i.e. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)]. Pictorial bookplate on verso of front free fly-leaf: Ex libris Rudyard Kipling AD 1894.. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled sheepskin binding; double blind fillet border, with quarter double blind fillet; blind dotted roll on board edges; blind fillets on spine. Recessed cords.
Makers and roles
John Donne (c.1572-1631), author John Donne (1604-1662), editor Pierre Lombard (Paris 1612 – Paris 1682), illustrator