Lot 24
  • 24

Beaumont, Francis and Fletcher, John

Estimate
3,500 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Beaumont, Francis and Fletcher, John
  • Comedies and Tragedies. London: for Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley, 1647
  • printed book
Folio (12 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.; 325 x 206mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by William Marshall, woodcut initials and typographic headpieces; frontispiece with tear in lower right corner closed and with soiling, creasing and small nicks at fore-edge, some soiling to title-page, some marginal browning throughout, worm-hole at upper edge of gutter on first few leaves.  Modern brown morocco binding, spine gilt-lettered; minor wear.

Provenance

Edward H. Heller (card laid in)

Literature

Greg 3:1013; Grolier/English 28; Pforzheimer 53; Wing B1581

Condition

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Catalogue Note

First collected edition.