Lot 68: DONNE, JOHN.

Pseudo-Martyr. Wherein out of certaine propositions and gradations, this conclusion is evicted. That those which are of the Romane Religion in this Kingdome, may and ought to take the Oath of Allegeance. W. Stansby for Walter Burre, 1610

Condition Note: 4to, first edition, woodcut ornamental head- and tailpieces and initials, table (A4) bound after "An Advertisement to the Reader", late eighteenth-/early nineteenth-century half calf, marbled boards, morocco lettering-piece, some dust-staining to first and last few leaves including title, with some light spotting and marginal damp-stains, inkstain to D3 (not obscuring text), press-cutting lightly attached to lower pastedown, slight wear to binding, joints tender

STC 7048; Keynes 1; Pforzheimer 298

"A[rthur].K[ay].", bookplate; J. Maitland Thomson, bookplate; I.A. Shapiro, ownership inscription and autograph notes on front endpapers ("This is a larger and better copy than Jennings' (formerly Jessopp's) sold at Sotheby's 10/12/46 for £25") and on inserted slips of paper

donne's first published work : his treatise defending James I's policy with regard ro Roman Catholics, arguing that they should take the Oath of Allegiance, and demonstrating that those who refused to do so were not genuine martyrs.