LXXX SERMONS PREACHED BY THAT LEARNED AND REVEREND DIVINE, JOHN DONNE; and FIFTY SERMONS. Two volumes in one

DONNE, John.  LXXX SERMONS PREACHED BY THAT LEARNED AND REVEREND DIVINE, JOHN DONNE; and FIFTY SERMONS. Two volumes in one.

London: Richard Royston and Richard Marriot, 1640-1649. Folio. Contemporary full-calf. Frontispiece, (xxxii), 826, (22) pages; (x), 474 pages. First edition.

Rare first edition of the first collection of sermons by "the outstanding preacher of his day" and one of the greatest poets in the English language -- a landmark of English literature and piety.  These two combined volumes of sermons are one of the three folio editions issued by Donne's son between 1640 and 1660.  Included is the life of the poet by Isaac Walton.  Frontispiece portrait of Donne engraved by  Merian after an oval miniature by Isaac Oliver.  Lacking pages 455 to 466 from the second volume.  Rebacked using the original spine as an overlay; original boards worn along edges.  New endpapers, small tear in title page repaired; soiled.

 

$5,800.00