Outflying Philosophy : a literary study of the religious element in the poems and letters of John Donne and in the works of Sir Thomas Browne and of Henry Vaughan the Silurist. Together with an account of the interest of these writers in scholastic philosophy, in Platonism and in Hermetic physic, with also some notes on witchcraft
[Fiesole : s.n., 1923], 1923. First Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Title labels to spine and front cover. Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages; Physical description: 356 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Donne, John, 1572-1631 - Religion. Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682 - Religion. Vaughan, Henry, 1621-1695 - Religion. English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism. Christian poetry, English - History and criticism. Philosophy in literature. Witchcraft in literature. Scholasticism. Note: Place and date of publication from Warburg Institute catalogue. Preface signed, Fiseole Easter 1923. Item #199219
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