Ignatius His Conclave, or, His Inthronisation in a Late Election in Hell

New York: The Facsimile Text Society, 1941 Hard cover, 32mo., pp [2] xxiii [9] 143 [7]. In publisher's brown cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. Facsimile of the 1611 first edition. Condition: Near Fine. Very light marks to covers. Light age-toning to interior, with tiny stain to corner of 3 or 4 pages. ** John Donne (1572 - 1631) was a popular preacher at St Paul's Cathedral in 17th century London, and influential "metaphysical" poet. He penned these famous words which have resonated every since: "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. ...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee." ** In "Ignatius His Conclave" Donne satirizes the Jesuits, which society was co-founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) and six others. His criticism was perhaps understandable, given the Jesuits alleged involvement in the 1605 "Gunpowder plot" in which Guy Fawkes tried to assassinate King James I. In Donne's book, the founder of the Jesuits is cast out from hell and sent to live on the moon where he can do no harm. Donne invokes the names of astronomers Johannes Kepler, Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, and the philosopher Paracelsus. OCLC 1443098.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine.