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[Anonymous]
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Pathomachia: or the Battell of Affections. Shadowed by a Faigned Siedge of the Citie Pathopolis. Written Some Yeeres Since, and Now First Published by a Friend of the Deceased Author. London: Printed by Thomas and Richard Coats, for Francis Constable, and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Church-yard at the Signe of the Crane, 1630
- paper
4to (6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.; 174 x 124 mm). Printer's ornaments on title, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials; some spotting on title and on first and last few leaves, lacking first and last blank leaves, numeral "2" written in upper right corner of title (referring to its place in the Heber volume before removal). Nineteenth-century blind-tooled calf, supralibros (Bridgewater) on both covers; corners torn.
Provenance
Richard Heber (shelfmark, sale 1834, Part II, lot 4836 part) — Earl of Bridgewater (large bookplate and supralibros) — Henry E. Huntington — John L. Clawson (bookplate) — Donald & Mary Hyde (Christie's New York, April 14, 2004, lot 57). acquisition: Hyde sale (through Bernard Quaritch)
Literature
STC 19462; ESTC S114196; Greg 434; not in Pforzheimer
Condition
some spotting on title and on first and last few leaves, lacking first and last blank leaves. Nineteenth-century blind-tooled calf, supralibros (Bridgewater) on both covers; corners torn.
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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
First edition. At the time, partly due to James I's favor of the genre, allegorical plays became increasingly popular with college dramatists. Thomas Tomkis's Lingua was the model on which most others were based, and Pathomachia makes direct references to that play. The work contains many allusions to recent events; sometimes attributed to Henry More.