Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Donne, John, 1572-1631

Title:

The love poems of John Donne : with some account of his life taken from the writings of 1639 of Izaak Walton.

Alternate Title(s):

Poems. Selections. 1923

Published / Created:

Soho : The Nonesuch Press, 1923.

Physical Description:

xxiii, [1], 91 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR2246 .M49 1923
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Edited by Viola Meynell.

Title page printed in black and red.

"This edition is printed at the University Press, Oxford, in the 17th-century Fell types. It is limited to 1250 copies, on Vidalon hand-made paper, of which 1200 are for sale in England and America."--Colophon.

Frontispiece is a reproduction of an engraving of John Donne at the age of 43 taken from the frontispiece to LXXX Sermons published in 1640 by Richard Royston & Richard Marriot.

Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 1

BEIN Ih D718 C923: "This is number 161."

BEIN 2014 +107: This is number 895.

MED,HSL 16th cent: "This is number 952."

BAC: British Art Center is no. 247 of 1250. Bound in quarter vellum with red and cream paper covered boards.

Subject Terms:

Donne, John, 1572–1631. | Love poetry. | English poetry -- 16th century. | English poetry -- 17th century. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.

Form/Genre:

Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Poems. | Photomechanical prints -- 1923.

Contributors:

Nonesuch Press, publisher. | Meynell, Viola, 1886–1956, editor. | Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683. Life of John Donne.