Walton, Izaak

The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1805. Later printing. Hardcover. 2 vol. Small 8vo. [5], vi-xxiv, [3], 4-389, [5]; [7], 4-355, [3] pp. Full contemporary sheep with the spines in five compartments, two unpolished labels and gold lettering and decorations on the spines; all edges decoratively mottled. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. A later printing of Walton's biographies on several eminent English poets. Very Good. Item #000010328

Notable rubbing to the boards; two contemporary owner's marks on the front preliminaries, leaves show a bit of pencil annotation and foxing.

Price: $100.00