Hakewill, George

folio (282 x 177mm.), first edition, woodcut head- and tail-piece, additional engraved title page from the 1630 edition bound in at the beginning, contemporary calf with gilt arms of the 9th or 10th Earl of Northumberland on upper and lower covers, joints cracked, spine repaired,  edges of binding worn and rubbed, edges damaged, tear with slight loss to lower corner of Ff1 (not affecting text), some occasional browning

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, with gilt arms (with Percy's half-moon, surrounded by the Garter and surmounted by an Earl's coronet) on upper and lower covers, and press-mark on upper paste-down

 

STC 12611 (with engraved title page added from STC 12612); Madan I, p.132 (and Madan I, pp.149-50); Mendham H6

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Probably from the library of the 'Wizard Earl'. This volume has the Earl's later, larger book-badge (Batho, "The Library of the 'Wizard' Earl...", in The Library, 5th series, 15 (1960), pp.246-61) which is recorded as appearing "indiscriminately on the books of both the ninth Earl and his son the tenth Earl, so that by itself it proves no more than that the volume was in the Percy collection between 1593, when the ninth Earl became a Knight of the Garter, and 1668, when the tenth Earl died" (op.cit., p.252). However the present work also bears the 9th Earl's press-mark on the upper paste-down (see Batho, plate 1). Portions of Percy's library survive at Petworth and Alnwick, but many printed books have been dispersed over the centuries, including, for instance, the sale at Sotheby's on 23/24 April 1928.