Dekker, Thomas

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Description

Dekker, Thomas
The Magnificent Entertainment: given to King James, Queene Anne his wife, and Henry Frederick the Prince. London: by T[homas] C[reede] for Tho Man, 1604.
ink, paper, leather

4to (8 2/16 x 6 1/4 ins.; 205 x 159 mm). Title-page with woodcut printer's device (McKerrow 339), woodcut initials and tailpieces; first blank lacking, first and last few leaves reinforced at inner margin, A2-3, B1-3, H2 and I4 with corner restoration, none affecting text, some minor marginal soiling to a few leaves, old accounts on final blank, uncut. Contemporary limp vellum. Full gilt morocco pull-off case, by Riviere.

Provenance

Frank J. Hogan (bookplate; Parke-Bernet, 23 and 24 April 1946, lot 36) — Harold Greenhill (bookplate) — H. Bradley Martin (bookplate; Sotheby's New York, 30 April 1990, lot 2758). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch

Literature

STC 6510; ESTC 109541; Greg 202 (a); Pforzheimer 275

Catalogue Note

First edition. A full description of the pageant upon King James's State Procession through London on 15 March 1603. Evidently, Shakespeare and other actors took part in the procession, each receiving a red cloak.