The progresse of the soule. Comprising Poems, Satyres, Letters. memorial poems by H.K., Thomas Browne, Edward Hyde and others. [Bound with] Juvenilia, or certaine paradoxes and problemes.

Donne, John. The progresse of the soule. Comprising Poems, Satyres, Letters. memorial poems by H.K., Thomas Browne, Edward Hyde and others. Almost certainly 1st Edition, as published in London: Printed by M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, 1633. Bound with Juvenilia, or certaine paradoxes and problemes. London: Printed by E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seyle, 1633. Quarto (7 5/16", 5 3/16", 186mm x 133mm). Contemporary binding, embossed panelled leather, scratched and worn, heavily bumped and rubbed to corners. Spine more recent (?18th century) with six raised bands, the title in gilt in the second panel. Sixth panel with light damage from removal of a label. Damp stains to edges of pastedowns. Title page MISSING; the book starts at A1, "The printer to the understanders". Decorated capitals. This is probably the first state of the Poems, as Nn1r omits the headling in order to incorporate 35 lines of verse. Woodcut printer's device to title page of Paradoxes and Problems, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initial letters throughout. Final page with the censor's permission to publish of Henry Herbert, (1594 – 27 April 1673), Master of the Revels to King Charles I. Scarce, even without the title page. Grolier Donne 81; Grolier English 25; Hayward 54; Keynes 43 and 78; ESTC S121684 (STC2 7045, Poems) and S109980 (STC2 7043, Iuvenilia).Texts clean and without annotation or ownership labels. This is the first chief collection of Donne's poetry, much of which was either unpublished or circulated privately (often in manuscript) while he lived. After his death in 1631, the publication of his poems did a little to elevate his stature in the English pantheon, although it would be many decades before the fame which his work now enjoys was fully established. "The text of this first edition of Donne's collected Poems does not appear to have been derived from any single source. Grierson and later editors, notably Gardner and Milgate, believe that the original compiler used two sources belonging to the two main groups of surviving manuscripts, but made changes on his own authority and by reference to yet other manuscripts. The resulting text has more authority than any other in print" (Keynes). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…