BROWNE (Thomas)

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BROWNE (Thomas)
Hydriotaphia, urne-buriall, or a discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk. Together with The Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincuciall, Lozenge, or Network Plantations of the Ancients, Artificially, Naturally, 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
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