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Daniel, Samuel
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Daniel, Samuel
- The Collection of the History of England ... Revised, and by his last corrected Coppy Printed. London: Printed by Tho[mas] Cotes, for Simon Waterson dwelling at the Signe of the Crowne in Pauls Church-yard, 1634
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Folio (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.; 285 x 190 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials; title soiled with some inkspots and dampstains. Contemporary black morocco, gilt-tooled in a panel design, gilt-stamped crest of Charles II as Prince of Wales, edges gilt; extremities mended, upper joints cracking, scuffmarks mended.
[Bound with:]
I.T. [John Trussell]. A Continuation of the Collection ... , beginning where Samuel Daniell Esquire ended ... London: Printed by M.D. for Ephraim Dawson, and are to bee sold in Fleet-street at the signe of the Rainbowe neere the inner Temple-gate, 1636
[Bound with:]
I.T. [John Trussell]. A Continuation of the Collection ... , beginning where Samuel Daniell Esquire ended ... London: Printed by M.D. for Ephraim Dawson, and are to bee sold in Fleet-street at the signe of the Rainbowe neere the inner Temple-gate, 1636
Provenance
John Bigham, Viscount Mersey, Bignor Park (booklabel)— Christies, 16 December 1991, lot 188 acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch
Literature
STC 6252 & 24297; ESTC S107344 & S107345
Condition
see 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.
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
The completion (first published in 1618) of his The first part of the historie of England (1612) with the first edition of Trussell's continuation. "The Collection of 1618, a large folio dedicated to the queen, had attached to it a royal privilege which gave Daniel and his heirs ten years of exclusive rights of publication (the cost of printing the book was met by the queen: Daniel was granted £40 in May 1618). The Collection was another success, so much so that it was reprinted at least three times before the ten years were up; by the 1620s the total number of copies sold, all in large-paper folios, may have been as large as two thousand (with perhaps as many again from the 1634 and 1685 reprints) ... So great was his fame as a historian in the decades before and after the civil war (when he was read and admired by both sides) that his achievements as a poet were almost forgotten" (ONDB).