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16511274991651. First Edition. DONNE John. Letters to Severall Persons of Honour. London: Printed by J. Flesher for Richard Marriot 1651. Small quarto contemporary full dark brown calf rebacked boards with gilt central devices raised bands tan morocco spine label. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $13500.First edition first issue with engraved frontispiece portrait of Donne by Pieter Lombart and woodcut initials in contemporary calf boards.""The great majority of those of Donne's letters that have survived have been preserved through the energy of his son In 1651 the younger Donne issued a volume containing 129 Letters to Severall Persons of Honour; these letters were not 'edited' by him according to the standards of the present day as although printed with reasonable care their arrangement is irregular and they are for the most part without dates. Nevertheless they have much literary and biographical importance"" Keynes 133. Among the recipients are Lord Herbert of Cherbury the Countess of Bedford and most numerously Sir Henry Goodere. Bound without front and rear blanks. Keynes 55. Wing D1864. Wither to Prior 296. Pforzheimer 295. Engraved bookplate.Pages with a bit of marginal wormholing near the end not affecting text otherwise fine inner hinges neatly reinforced; contemporary calf boards very handsome. An excellent copy. hardcover