Davies, Sir John

Estimate

800 - 1,200 USD

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Description

The Muses-Teares for the Losse of their Hope; Heroick and ne’re-too-much Praised, Henry, Prince of Wales. &c. Together with Times Sobs for the Untimely Death of his Glory in that his Darling: and, lastly, his Epitaphs. London: Printed by G. Eld, for John Wright; and are to be sould at his shop neere Christ-Church Dore, 1613
printed book

4to (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.; 185 x 135 mm). With final blank E4, the verso bears a faint impression or offset of the Prince of Wales feathers device; title-page a bit foxed, some spotting throughout. Nineteenth-century straight-grain black morocco gilt, plain endpapers, gilt edges; extremities just rubbed.

Provenance

The Earl of Crawford (Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplate with press-mark R-8) — William A. Foyle (morocco booklabel; Christie's London, 12 July 2000, lot 478 [part]). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch

Literature

STC 6339; ESTC S109356

Catalogue Note

First edition of one of the scarcest of the verse commemorations of the death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales and eldest son of James I. Prince Henry studied penmanship with Davies, whom Thomas Fuller declared "the greatest master of the pen that England in his age beheld."