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Author: Donne, John
Title: Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors Death
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed by M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot
Date Published: 1633
Description: [8], 406 pp. (but missing 58 pp., i.e. 24 leaves). (4to) 17.5x13 cm (7x5¼"), later (19th century?) half morocco & marbled boards. First Edition.
The rare first collected edition of the John Donne's Poems, and the first edition in print of all but one poem ('Elegie on Prince Henry'). Nn1 is in its uncorrected state, without a headline on recto. Without the two inserted leaves 'The Printer to the Understanders' and 'Hexastichon Bibliopolae' after A4, an issue point, but because of the state of the binding, and the many missing leaves, we cannot presume it to be the first issue. Lacking leaves A3 & A4, and pages 91-92, 95-96, 153-160, 171-174, 219-222, 281-296, 305-308, 313-320, 401-406.

Covers rubbed and worn; contents loose within them, well shaken, many leaves loose, some with edge chipping; title page darkened with some staining, occasional old in marginalia; sold with all faults.