Donne, John. Copy of Metempsychosis, or, The progresse of the soule, 1601

Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts: 18640
Folger bibliographic ID: 233138
Folger call number: V.a.241
Folger holdings ID: 281835
Accession Number: 410819

Also contains Certain select dialogs of Lucian, in English (not Hiches' or Mayne's translations), p. 1-100; The fable of San Foy, incomplete, p. 100, and Concerning tragedy, a later piece, ca. 1750, laid in after p. 111. Scrap of paper inserted opposite p. 52, with a verse satirizing lawyers

General notes

Title on title page (leaf 2r): Dr. Donnes' [Metempsychosis] with Certaine select Dialogues of Lucian and The Tale of The Fauorite. (Metempsychosis appears in Greek letters on title page) Phillipps manuscript -- Gosse manuscript Formerly Folger MS 410819 Portions also available as a digital reproduction For value of this manuscript see Grierson, Donne's poetical works, II, lxxxii, and Gosse, Life and letters of Donne, I, p. 140-141 This record contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email HamnetHelp@folger.edu for assistance

Publications

Crowley, Lara, "Cecil and the Soul: Donne's Metempsychosis in its Context in Folger Manuscript V. a. 241." English Manuscript Studies, 1100-1700, 13 (2007), p. 47-76

Uniform title: Metempsychosis
Extended title: Copy of Metempsychosis, or, The progresse of the soule, 1601 ca. 1625
Alternate titles: Dr. Donnes' Metempsychosis with Certaine select dialogues of Lucian and The tale of the favorite, Progresse of the soule

author: Donne, John, 1572-1631
former owner: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
former owner: Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928