Viathanatos : a declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise : wherein the nature, and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed /

Viathanatos : a declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise : wherein the nature, and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed /

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Author / Creator:Donne, John, 1572-1631.
Imprint:London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1648.
Description:[18], 218 p. ; 19 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Suicide -- Early works to 1800.
Suicide.
Early works.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Autographs (Provenance)
Initials (Provenance)
Sheepskin bindings (Binding)
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/534599
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Varying Form of Title:Declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise
Other authors / contributors:Donne, John, 1604-1662.
Provenance:Armorial bookplate of Benjamin Hatley Foote with motto Pedetentim, 1743.
Inscription on front flyleaf: All fair temptations, & yet we must not break out of ye world by a retired life, nor break out of ye world by a violent death, but take Gods [ways?] & stay his leisure. Dr. Don. Serm. 18. preached at Lincolns June on Mar. 18. 7. pag. 143.
Former owner's signature on front flyleaf: James Martin.
Former owner's initials on front flyleaf: SJ.
Binding: sheep over boards.
Notes:Title-page printed in red & black.
Pages 194-195 wrongly numbered 192-193.
Includes letter of dedication by his son John Donne.

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