Paradoxes and Problemes

Paradoxes and Problemes - With two characters and an essay of valour. Now for the first time reprinted from the editions of 1633 and 1652 with one additional probleme.

[ii]This edition is limited to 645 copies, printed and made in England for the Nonesuch Press in the 17th century Fell types by Frederick Hall, printer to the University of Oxford. The type has been distributed. This is number9 Donnes Paradoxes and Problemes are clever and entertaining trifles, which were probably written before 1600, during the more wanton period of their authors life. Owing to their scurrilous nature they could not be published during his lifetime, but shortly after his death the greater part of them were licensed to be printed, the Imprimatur printed at the end both of the eleven Paradoxes and of the ten Problemes being signed by Sir Henry Herbert and dated October25, 1632. The volume was published under the title of Juvenilia in 1633, but already on November14, 1632, an order of inquiry had been delivered at the Kings command by the Bishop of London, calling upon Sir Henry Herbert to explain before the Board of the Star Chamber his reasons why hee warrented the booke of D.Duns paradoxes to be printed. Perhaps Herberts explanations were regarded as satisfactory, but, however this may have been, the King was not successful in suppressing the book. The volume is a thin quarto containing only thirty-two leaves, and was printed by Elizabeth Purslowe for Henry Seyle, to be sold at the sign of the Tygers Head in St.Pauls Church-yard. The printer seems to have been [vi] somewhat careless in imposing the licences, for, although most copies contain the two, copies occur from which one or both have been omitted. It is not known through what channels the publisher obtained possession of the text, but it is probable that the publication was quite unauthorized, and took place even without the knowledge of the younger Donne, who, when he reprinted the Juvenilia in 1652, made no reference to any previous issue. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 61783
Author: Donne, John
Release Date: Apr 8, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Editor: Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887-1982