Poems / by J.D. ; with elegies on the authors death.

Poems. Selections

London : Printed by M.F. for Iohn Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in St Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-Street, 1633.

[12], 406, [2] p. ; 19 cm (4to)

'J.D.' is John Donne; 'M.F.' is Miles Flesher.
Signatures: A⁴(A2+[superscript chi]A²) B-3F⁴.
Stationers' register: Entered 13 September and 31 October 1632.
The inserted bifolium in gathering A contains a general preface, "The printer to the understanders" (first 3 pages), and "Hexastichon Bibliopolae" (on the 4th page), and is signed A1,A2, to precede A3-4 (epistle to "The progresse of the soule", the first work in the collection); it is not present in all copies, and in others may be found incorrectly inserted following A4. Keynes gives "A⁴ ²A²", which does not accord with the contents or the signatures; he also states, "The pagination, which is faulty, varies in different copies", but this appears not to be the case: the pagination is correct, except for the errors noted here, in 6 different copies consulted.
The text includes numerous minor press variants, which are accounted for in the The variorum edition of the poetry of John Donne/Digital Donne: the online variorum.
On the contents of this edition and its textual sources see T.-L. Pebworth, "The text of Donne's writings", in The Cambridge companion to John Donne (2006), pages 23-34.Poems.
Includes a group of eight letters, seven to Sir Henry Goodere (or Goodyer) and one to the Countess of Bedford.

Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2015. The Age of Lawyers. Opening: p.325.

English short title catalogue, S121864
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640, 7045
Keynes, G. Bibliography of Dr. John Donne (4th ed.), 78
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 296

Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 7045 copy 2
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 7045.2 copy 1

Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.

STC 7045 copy 1

cs10. Wanting inserted gathering [superscript chi]A. In earlier state without headline on 2N1 recto. Vellum binding with remnants of ties, within a case; first and last blanks are paste-downs; first blank un-pasted, 4/16/02, revealing 19c Shakespeare edn used for reinforcement, and inscription. Provenance: inscribed on first blank leaf: "Katharine Faussett Her Book 1746"; Sotheby sale, 25 March 1898:1252

STC 7045 copy 2

STC 7045.2 copy 1

STC 7045.2 copy 2

Warwick. Fragments: A2-4,[superscript chi]A, and Y3 only. Provenance: bookplate of Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library; J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps copy