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The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous ManuscriptsDonne, John

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The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts

Name: The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts
Author: Donne, John

Donne, John

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700

John Donne, from the frontispiece to _Death's Duel_, 1632
                                                         _face page_ 369




LIST OF EDITIONS REGULARLY CITED IN NOTES.


  _1633_, _1635_, _1639_, _1650_, _1654_, _1669_.

  Contractions:
    _1633-54_ i.e. All editions between and including these dates.
    _1633-69_ i.e. All the editions.
                            Etc.


EDITIONS OCCASIONALLY CITED.

    _1649_, in lists of editions and MSS. appended to poems first
    published in that edition. Textually it is identical with
    _1650-54_.

    _1719_, Tonson's edition.

    _1855_, The Boston edition of that year--cited once.

    _Grosart_, A. B. Grosart's edition of 1872-3.

    _Grolier_, The Grolier Club edition of Professor Norton and
    Mrs. Burnett, 1895.

    _Chambers_, Mr. E. K. Chambers' edition of 1896.




LIST OF MS. SIGLA


     _A10_ Additional MS. 10,309, British Museum.
     _A11_     "       "  11,811,       "
     _A18_     "       "  18,646,       "
     _A23_     "       "  23,229,       "
     _A25_     "       "  25,707,       "
     _A34_     "       "  34,744,       "
     _Ash 38_ Ashmole MS. 38, Bodleian Library.
     _B_   Bridgewater MS., Bridgewater House.
     _Bur_ Burley MS., formerly at Burley-on-the-Hill House, Rutland.
     _C_   Cambridge University Library MS.
     _Cy_  Carnaby MS., Harvard College.
     _D_   Dowden MS., belonging to Professor Edward Dowden.
     _E20_ Egerton MS. 2013, British Museum.
     _E22_    "     "  2230,       "
     _G_   Gosse MS. of _Metempsychosis_, belonging to Mr. Edmund Gosse.
     _H39_ Harleian MS. 3910, British Museum.
     _H40_    "      "  4064,       "
     _H49_    "      "  4944,       "
     _H51_    "      "  5110,       "
     _HN_  Hawthornden MS., Library of Society of Antiquaries, Edinburgh.
     _JC_  John Cave MS., belonging to Mr. Elkin Mathews.
     _L74_ Lansdowne MS. 740, British Museum.
     _L77_     "      "  777,       "
     _Lec_ Leconfield MS., at Petworth House.
     _M_   Monckton-Milnes MS., belonging to the Marquis of Crewe.
     _N_   Norton MS., Harvard College.
     _O'F_ O'Flaherty MS., Harvard College.
     _P_   Phillipps MS., belonging to Captain C. Shirley Harris.
     _Q_   Queen's College MS., Queen's College, Oxford.
     _RP31_ Rawlinson Poetical MS. 31, Bodleian Library, Oxford.
     _RP61_     "       "       "  61     "        "       "
     _S_   Stephens MS., Harvard College.
     _S96_ Stowe MS. 961, British Museum.
     _TCC_ Trinity College, Cambridge, MS.
     _TCD_ Trinity College, Dublin, MS. G. 2. 21.
     _TCD_ (II) A second collection of poems in the same MS.
     _W_   Westmoreland MS., belonging to Mr. Edmund Gosse.

The following groups are important:--

  _D_, _H49_, _Lec_,

and

  _A18_, _N_, _TC_, where _TC_ represents _TCC_ and _TCD_




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The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts

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