Essayes in divinity; by the late Dr Donne, Dean of St Paul's. Being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. Now made publick by his son J. D. Dr of the civil law [microform].

Author: Donne, John, 1572-1631
Published: London : Printed by T. M. for Richard Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in St Dunstan's Church-yard Fleet-street, 1651.
Physical Description: 16 unnumbered pages, 224 pages
Additional Creators: Donne, John, 1604-1662

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Christianity—Early works to 1800

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'When the younger Donne decided to make the Juvenilia more respectable by adding the Essayes in Divinity he felt he must try to suppress his dedication to Sir Henry Vane with .. confusing results' -- Keynes. Copies lacking any and all leaves of dedication are not imperfect.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 1st".
Contents: A1 title; A2a-6b dedication to Sr H. Vane Junior signed John Donne (A2 with sig. A3, A2-6 usually cancelled in whole or part); chi1a-b To the Reader, unsigned; chi2 blank (usually cancelled); B1a-K11a (pp. 1-213) Essayes in Divinity; K11b-L4b (pp. 214-24) Prayers. Cf. Keynes.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Signatures from Keynes.
Signatures: A⁶ chi² B-K¹² L⁴.
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Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Thomason Tracts ; 179:E.1362[1]).

Reviewed/Cited In

Keynes, G. Bibl. of John Donne, 50.
Thomason E.1362[1].
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed., 1994) D1861.

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