Cokayne, Sir Aston

8vo (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.; 140 x 89 mm). Separate title-pages for "The Obstinate Lady" and "Trappolin creduto principe. Or Trappolin Suppos'd a Prince"; portrait in facsimile, lacks initial blank, fore-margins of A5–6, B6, M2, V3, Y6–7 and 2H6 shaved affecting text, rust hole on B2 and spot on 2F4r costing a word on each, several headlines shaved or cropped in "Trappolin." Nineteenth-century red morocco paneled gilt, the spine gilt in six compartments, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, edges gilt.

Sotheby's London, 14 May 1979, lot 234. acquisition: Purchased at foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch

Wing C4898; ESTC R25310; Grolier Wither to Prior 185

8vo (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.; 140 x 89 mm). Separate title-pages for "The Obstinate Lady" and "Trappolin creduto principe. Or Trappolin Suppos'd a Prince"; portrait in facsimile, lacks initial blank, fore-margins of A5–6, B6, M2, V3, Y6–7 and 2H6 shaved affecting text, rust hole on B2 and spot on 2F4r costing a word on each, several headlines shaved or cropped in "Trappolin." Nineteenth-century red morocco paneled gilt, the spine gilt in six compartments, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, edges gilt.
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First edition, first issue.