Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts

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Lot 227
  • 227

Davenant, William

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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Davenant, William
  • Gondibert: An Heroick Poem,... London: By Tho. Newcomb for John Holden, to be sold at his Shop at the sign of the Anchor in the New Exchange, 1651.
  • ink, paper, leather
4to (9 3 /4 x 6 3/4 ins; 225 x  170 mm). Woodcut vignette on title, very faint occasional spotting, lacking initial and final blanks. Contemporary gilt-paneled black morocco; rebacked, spine preserved. Cloth case.

Provenance

Charles Cotton (dated presentation from the author) — Anthony Trollope (signature to title) — Christie-Miller (Sotheby's London, 1 April 1924, lot 214) — Arthur H. Houghton (bookplate, Christie's London, 14 June 1979, lot 161) acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, May 9, 1988

Literature

Wing D325; ESTC R9058; Grolier, Wither to Prior, 245; Pforzheimer 252

Catalogue Note

presentation copy from the author to charles cotton: ..."from your most faithfull thankfull and humble friend..." With manuscript corrections by the author. Includes commendatory verses by Edmund Waller and Abraham Cowley.