Browne (Thomas).- Hydriotaphia, urne-buriall, or adiscourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk. Together with The Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincuciall, Lozenge, or Net- work Plantations of the Ancients, Artificially, Naturally,...
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1 500 €
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Mystically Considered, With Sundry Observations. London, Printed for Hen. Brome a the Signe of the Gun in Ivy-Lane, 1658. Petit in-8 (162x102mm) ; maroquin chocolat à la Du Seuil. Dos à nerfs orné. Filet sur les coupes. Tranches dorées. Dentelle intérieure. [Club Bindery]. 8 ff. dont le frontispice, 202 pp. et 2 ff. Edition originale. « In the Hydriotaphia, Browne takes the excuse of urne-burial discovery to write, in an uncommon literary style, a reflection on death and definitive human faith. The Garden of Cyprus broaches a more esoteric subject, for example the frequency of the number 5 in botany. The contents and the style of the Hydriotaphia influenced many authors including Emerson, Wolf and Borges. Petite tache aux pp. 83/84, mais bon exemplaire en reliure Xixe Ex-libris John Whipple Frothingham et E.E.B. Holden
