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Nancy Cock
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- Nancy Cock's Song Book; being a Collection of Old Songs, with which Most Young Wits have been delighted. To Which is Added, the Death and Burial of Cock Robin. London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1795
- paper
32mo (3 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.; 100 x 66 mm). Woodcut frontispiece with 8 lines of poetry beneath, title within border of printer's ornaments, woodcut text illustrations including 4 full-page at the end; lacking leaf A9, leaves soiled and slightly foxed with some nicks at edges, frontispiece and last woodcut attached as pastedowns. Original Dutch floral paper wrapper; stain on upper cover, worn.
With: manuscript poem, 12 lines, dated "Sandiway 1819" on a folded leaf stitched between the front wrapper and title. In a russet cloth folding-case.
With: manuscript poem, 12 lines, dated "Sandiway 1819" on a folded leaf stitched between the front wrapper and title. In a russet cloth folding-case.
Provenance
Richard F. Buckley, Stanley Place, Chester (signature in upper margin of title and rear wrapper) — Marjorie Moon (bookplate, her sale, Christie's 28 June 1995, lot 62)
Literature
Alderson / Moon 33 (this copy); See Cahoon, Children's Literature 152 (citing the 1786 edition)
Condition
lacking leaf A9, leaves soiled and slightly foxed with some nicks at edges, frontispiece and last woodcut attached as pastedowns. Original Dutch floral paper wrapper; stain on upper cover, worn.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Of extraordinary rarity, this is the only copy to appear at auction in forty years. The nursery rhymes include "Taffy was a Welshman" which first appeared in an edition of the same book published c. 1780, and a four verse rhyme "When I was a Batchelor," "Liar, liar, Lick spit", "Three black sheep skins" and "I'd give ten pound if London was mine" which appear to be unrecorded.
This edition not listed in Worldcat; nor in Osborne, Cotsen, or Opie.