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Chettle, Henry
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
- Englandes Mourning Garment: Worne here by Plaine Shepheardes; in Memorie of their Sacred Mistresse, Elizabeth, Queene of Vertue while Shee Lived, and Theame of Sorrow, being Dead. To which is Added the True Manner of Her Emperiall Funerall. After which Foloweth the Shepheards Spring-Song for Entertainement of King James our Most Potent Soueraigne, Dedicated to all that Loved the Deceased Queene, and Honor the Living King. London: Printed by V[alentine]. S[immes]. for Thomas Millington, and are to be sold at his Shop Under Saint Peters Church in Cornhil, [1603]
- ink, paper, leather
4to (6 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.; 172 x 124 mm). Woodcut mask on title-page, woodcut initial, head- and tailpieces, printer's ornaments; lacks blank G2, washed and pressed with residual soiling to title-page, inner margin of G1 renewed. Modern crushed brown morocco by Riviere & Son, lettered gilt on upper cover and spine, gilt-ruled turn-ins, edges gilt; joints rubbed, turn-ins offsetting to endpapers.
Provenance
Mary, Viscountess Eccles (bookplate of Donald and Mary Hyde; sale, Christie's New York, 14 April 2004, lot 15). acquisition: Purchased at foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch
Literature
STC 5121; ESTC S107796; Pforzheimer 180
Condition
4to (6 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.; 172 x 124 mm). Woodcut mask on title-page, woodcut initial, head- and tailpieces, printer's ornaments; lacks blank G2, washed and pressed with residual soiling to title-page, inner margin of G1 renewed. Nineteenth-century crushed brown morocco by Riviere & Son, lettered gilt on upper cover and spine, gilt-ruled turn-ins; joints rubbed, turn-ins offsetting to endpapers.
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.
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 of this scarce tribute to Queen Elizabeth. Only ten copies have been located in institutions, of which three are imperfect. Of the sixteen broadsides and pamphlets issued in 1603 to commemorate the death of the Queen, none was written by any of the leading Elizabethan poets. Chettle takes issue with the fact that the poets "'that are best able, scarce remember her Majestie ... Nor doth one Poet seeke her name to raise, That living hourely striv'd to sing her praise' being too intent uoon welcoming the Stuart. He goes on and reproaches several, Daniel, Warner, Chapman, Jonson, Shakespeare, Drayton and others not by name, but by allusions to their works. For example he calls upon Shakespeare under the name of Melicert to 'remember our Elizabeth, And sing her Rape, done by that Tarquin, Death'" (Pforzheimer).