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Lot 67
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
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Nov 12, 2020
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Nov 13, 2020
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Lot Description
DONNE, John (1573-1631). Biathanatos: A Declaration of that Paradox, or Thesis, that Self-Homicide is not so Naturally Sin. London: n.p., 1700.
8vo (192 x 116 mm). Title-page printed within double rule border. (A few minor marginal repairs, some browning or spotting.) Modern quarter tan calf. Provenance: Collegii Sti Augustini apud Cantuarienses Liber (armorial bookplate with pencil note indicating the book's sale); Hamilton Tyler (bookplate and signature).
Second edition of Donne's controversial justification of suicide, first published by his son in 1644. ESTC R32816; Wing D-1860.
Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi