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[Brome, Alexander, editor]
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description
- [Brome, Alexander, editor]
- Rump: or An Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to the Late Times. By the most Eminent Wits, from anno 1639. to anno 1661. London: Printed for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-lane, and Henry Marsh at the Princes Armes in Chancery-lane, 1662
- printed book
8vo (6 1/2 x 4 in.; 165 x 102 mm). Additional engraved title-page in six compartments including figures of a Puritan and Covenanter, engraved frontispiece depicting the roasting of a rump hung from a gibbet, longitudinal half-title, with blank Oo4; engraved title-page shaved at fore-edge, early repair to lower margin of half-title, some scattered foxing. Contemporary sheep, covers and spine ruled in blind, plain endpapers, red edges; some neat restoration to joints, lightly rubbed.
Provenance
acquisition: Seven Gables, 1965
Literature
Wing B4851; ESTC R24238; Case, Poetical Miscellanies 128(c); Grolier/Wither to Prior 763; Pforzheimer 842
Condition
8vo (6 1/2 x 4 in.; 165 x 102 mm). Additional engraved title-page with figures of a puritan and covenanter, engraved frontispiece depicting the roasting of a rump hung from a gibbet, longitudinal half-title, with blank Oo4; engraved title-page shaved at fore-edge, early repair to lower margin of half-title, some scattered foxing. Contemporary sheep, covers and spine ruled in blind, plain endpapers, red edges; some neat restoration to joints, lightly rubbed.
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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
Third edition of Ratts Rhimed to Death, according to Case; however, Grolier and Pforzheimer suggest that it should be considered an entirely new collection.