Verse letter by John Donne, 1611-1612, published, with a facsimile, by Dame Helen Gardner, John Donne's holograph of 'A letter to the Lady Carey and Mrs. Essex Riche' (London, 1972)
Verse letter by John Donne, 1611-12, published, with a facsimile, by Dame Helen Gardner, John Donne's holograph of 'A letter to the Lady Carey and Mrs. Essex Riche' (London, 1972).
1 leaf.
Dates
- Creation: 1611-1612, 1972
Extent
1 leaf
Language of Materials
- English
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Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. d. 197].
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. poet. d. 197
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16223
Abstract
Verse letter by John Donne, 1611-12, published, with a facsimile, by Dame Helen Gardner, John Donne's holograph of 'A letter to the Lady Carey and Mrs. Essex Riche' (London, 1972).
Biographical / Historical
John Donne (1572-1631) was a British poet and Church of England clergyman.
Dame Helen Louise Gardner (1908-1986) was a British literary scholar.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Owned by the Montagu family, Dukes of Manchester (HMC 7: 8th report, app. ii (1881), no. 593).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Sotheby's, 23 June 1970, lot 267; bought from Martin Breslauer with the aid of contributions from E. S. de Beer, Bodley's American Friends, the Hulme Surplus Fund, the Pilgrim Trust, and the fund administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1970.
Existence and Location of Copies
R.6.92f is a surrogate.
- Title
- Verse letter by John Donne, 1611-1612, published, with a facsimile, by Dame Helen Gardner, John Donne's holograph of 'A letter to the Lady Carey and Mrs. Essex Riche' (London, 1972)
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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