Walton, Izaak. The lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. : Written by Izaak Walton. To which are added some letters written by Mr. George Herbert, at his being in Cambridge: with others to his mother, the Lady Magdalen Herbert, written by John Donne, afterwards dean of St. Pauls
ESTC number: R15317
Keynes, G. Donne (4th ed.): 61
Folger bibliographic ID: 135637
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: 1056
Wing number: W671
Folger call number: W671
Folger holdings ID: 127638
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octavo
General notes
The words "Dr. John ... George Herbert." are bracketed together on title page
The first leaf is blank and leaf A8 is blank
"The life of Sr Henry Wotton, sometime provost of Eaton Colledge", "The life of Mr. Rich. Hooker, the author of those learned books of the laws of ecclesiastical polity", and "The life of Mr. George Herbert" each has separate dated title page, pagination, and register
Imprimatur on verso of "The life of Mr. George Herbert" title page: Imprimatur, Sam: Parker Reverendissimo in Christo Patri ac Domino, Domino Gilberto Archi-ep: Cantuar: à Sac: Domest. April 21. 1670
Each of the lives, including that of John Donne, is preceded by an engraved portrait (plate). Donne's portrait is signed by Lombart; those of Wotton and Hooker by Dolle, and that of Herbert by White
An earlier version of Walton's Life of Wotton was published as part of "Reliquiae Wottonianae" (Wing W3648) in 1651
The text of Hooker's life is continuous despite pagination
Although the lives of Donne, Hooker, and Herbert were each also published in separate editions, the life of Wotton appears not to have been
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Item information about Folger W671
HH65. With a bookseller's catalogue entry for this copy pasted on front paste-down. MS. markings (bookseller's code?) on t.p. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of H. A. Powis; autographs of H. A. Williams Wynn and Herbert W. Williams Wynn; Harmsworth copy
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Extended title: The lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. : Written by Izaak Walton. To which are added some letters written by Mr. George Herbert, at his being in Cambridge: with others to his mother, the Lady Magdalen Herbert, written by John Donne, afterwards dean of St. Pauls
Alternate titles: Life of Sr Henry Wotton, sometime provost of Eaton Colledge, Life of Mr. George Herbert, Life of Mr. Rich. Hooker, the author of those learned books of the laws of ecclesiastical polity
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