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![London, 5s Glossary, by Anne Macdonell. Philip Lee Warner, 1910 8vo. 291 pp. Original cloth, Portrait. 117 A Discourse concerning Puritans. A Vindication of those, who unjustly suffer by the mistake, abuse, and misapplication of that name. [London], Printed for Robert Bostock, 1641 10s 4to. Unbound. 58 pp. Title soiled. 118 Disraeli (Isaac) An Inquiry into the Literary and Political Character of James the First. London, John Murray, 1816 8vo. 226 pp., 1 leaf. Calf. 8s 6d 119 Dodd (William) The Magdalen; or, The History of the First Penitent Received into that Charitable Asylum; in a Series of Letters to a Lady. With Anecdotes of other Penitents, by the late Rev. William Dodd, LL.D. London, W. Lane (c. 1780) Sm. 8vo. 192 pp Sheep, rebacked. Bids 120 [Doddj. De la Flechere (Mary) An Aunt’s Advice to a Niece, in a Letter to Miss Mary Gaussen. Also Some Account of a Correspondence with the late Rev. Dr. Dodd, during his Imprisonment. The Third Edition. Madeley, J. Edmunds, 1795 10s 76 pp. Calf. After Mary Gausseén’s mame there is written ‘‘afterwards Mrs. Whittingham,” and on half-title is a presentation inscription from Samuel Whittingham. 121 Donne (John) LX XX Sermons Preached by that Learned and Reverend Divine, John Donne, Dr. in Divinity, late Deane of the Cathedrall Church of S.. Pauls, London. London, Richard Royston and Richard Marriott, 1640 £10 10s Folio. 826 pp., 11 leaves. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Engraved frontispiece containing portrait of Donne. Blank margin of sign. K4 (pp. 103-4) slightly defective. Has not got the blank first and last leaf. A fine clean copy. Of the two famous descriptions of English preachers, Arnold’s of Newman at St. Mary’s, and Walton’s of Donne at Whitehall or St, Paul’s. it is perhaps that of Donne which most excites the curiosity and sympathy of the modern mind, and whom one would choose to see, if it were possible to go back in time: “A Preacher in earnest, weeping sometimes for his Auditory, sometimes with them, always preaching to himselfe, like an Angel from a cloud, though in none.”’ In this notable volume - first prefixed Walton’s Life of Donne. published separately till 1658. Keynes, No. 29. 122 Donne (John) Biathanatos. A Declara- tion of that Paradoxe, or Thesis, that Selfe- homicide is not so Naturally Sinne, that it may Never be Otherwise. London, Printed by John Dawson, [1644] £2 10s Sm. 4to. 218 pp. Contemporary calf. Lacks blank leaf before title. Last leaf (Ee2) in facsimile. rena of Lombart’s portrait inserted before First Epitron. Keynes, No. 47. 123 Donne (John) Letters to Severall Persons of Honour: Written by John Donne, Sometime Deane of St. Pauls, London. Tall 12mo. appeared It was not 11 Published by John Donne, Dr. of the Civill Law. London, Printed by J. Flesher, and are to be Sold by John Sweeting, 1654 £6 6s Sm. 4to. $18 pp., 1 leaf (blank). Calf, gilt back, with the ‘‘S”’ and coronet of Lord Shel- burne. Portrait by Lombart. Lacks blank leaf Al. Name written on title and faintly repeated in reverse on portrait. Bears dated bookplate of Henry, Lord Shelburne, 1707. Keynes, No. 56. 124 Donne (John) A Sermon upon the Ninth ° Verse of the Thirty-eighth Psalm. Preached by that late learned and reverend Divine, John Donne, Doctor in Divinity, Dean of the Cathedral Church of S. Pauls, London. Now first Printed. London, Privately Printed) 1921 £3 3s Sm. 4to. Quarter canvas and boards. One sermon printed in photographic facsimile from the manuscript volume of Nine Sermons in the possession of Mr. Wilfred Merton. Only 50 copies printed. 125 [Dorrington (Theophilus)] The Excellent Woman, Described by her True Characters and their Opposites. London, Joseph Watts, 1692 £3 10s Svo. 304 pp. Calf. Frontispiece. The author began as a,Nonconformist minister, then left the Dissenters, studied medicine at Leyden, but took orders and ended in the comfortable rectory of Wittersham in Kent. He was therefore qualified to write a chapter ‘‘ Of the Chearful Humour and the Melancholy ” in his interesting and scarce ‘‘ Behaviour ”’ book. The fine frontispiece by Sturt depicts the Excellent Woman, seated and carefully garbed, her hand on an open book, and a mirror con- veniently near. Behind her is a bookcase with sections labelled Divinity, Morality, History, Poetry, Physick, Surgery. In 1692 this copy belonged to Mer[cy] Skelton, for she has written her name and the date on the title-page. 126 (Douglas (Norman)] Unprofessional Tales by Normyx. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1901 £3 3s 8vo. 247 pp. Original decorated cloth. Norman Douglas’s first book. 127 Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus. London, Grant Richards, 1899 7s 6d 8vo. 330 pp. Binder’s cloth, with the original Wrappers preserved. Pp. 158-84: ‘‘ Mr. Samuel Pepys,”’ Visit to Mr. Samuel Pepys.” 128 Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. London, George Newnes, Ltd., 1902 7s 6d 8vo. 358 pp. Original cloth. Plates. First EpiItTIon. 129 Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion. London, M. Lownes and others, [1622] £10 10s Sm. folio. Red straight-grained morocco, gilt borderlines and fleurons on sides, gilt decorated back, i.g.d., g.e., in the style of Bedford. Engraved frontispiece with leaf of explanatory text, engraved portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales, nine preliminary leaves, 303 pp., 5 IL., 168 pp. With 30 double-page engraved maps of the counties of Great Britain. The printed title- page is missing. The second part is here published for the first time. A very fine copy. and ‘A](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33159312_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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