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Title(s)
The love poems of John Donne : with some account of his life taken from the writings of 1639 of Izaak Walton.
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Additional Title(s)
Poems. Selections. 1923
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Published/Created
Soho : The Nonesuch Press, 1923.
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Physical Description
xxiii, [1], 91 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR2246 .M49 1923
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Edited by Viola Meynell.
Title page printed in black and red.
"This edition is printed at the University Press, Oxford, in the 17th-century Fell types. It is limited to 1250 copies, on Vidalon hand-made paper, of which 1200 are for sale in England and America."--Colophon.
Frontispiece is a reproduction of an engraving of John Donne at the age of 43 taken from the frontispiece to LXXX Sermons published in 1640 by Richard Royston & Richard Marriot.
Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 1
BEIN Ih D718 C923: "This is number 161."
BEIN 2014 +107: This is number 895.
MED,HSL 16th cent: "This is number 952."
BAC: British Art Center is no. 247 of 1250. Bound in quarter vellum with red and cream paper covered boards. -
Subject Terms
Donne, John, 1572–1631. | English poetry -- 16th century. | English poetry -- 17th century. | Love poetry. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
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Form/Genre
Photomechanical prints -- 1923. | Poems. | Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
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