Lot 149
  • 149

Chapman, George

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Chapman, George
  • The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois. A Tragedie. As it hath beene often presented at the private Play-house in the White-Fryers. London: Printed by T. S[nodham]. and are to be solde by John Helme, at his Shop in S. Dunstones Church-yard, in Fleetstreet, 1613
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4to (7 x 4 3/4 in.; 178 x 120 mm). Woodcut ornament on title, headpieces of printer's ornaments, decorative woodcut initial; lacking leaf A1 blank save for signature mark, short tear in title mended without loss, pale marginal inkspot on leaf B2. Modern red morocco gilt, by Riviere.

Provenance

acquisition: 1963

Literature

STC 4989; ESTC S122391; Greg 307; Pforzheimer 159

Condition

lacking leaf A1 blank save for signature mark, short tear in title mended without loss, pale marginal inkspot on leaf B2.
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Catalogue Note

First edition. Rare in the trade, no copy has appeared at auction in fifty years.