Lot 394
  • 394

Glapthorne, Henry

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • Glapthorne, Henry
  • The Hollander. A Comedy written 1635 ... And now Printed as it was then Acted at the Cock-pit in Drury lane, by their Majesties Servants, with good allowance. And at the Court before both their Majesties. London: Printed by I. Okes, for A. Wilson, and are to be sold at her shop at Grayes-Inne Gate in Holborne, 1640
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4to (7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 196 x 146 mm, uncut). Headpieces of printer's ornaments and woodcut, decorative woodcut initial; some marginal soiling and occasional light dampstaining, without the initial blank leaf. Modern wrappers, in a russet cloth folding-case.

Provenance

Edgar F. Leo (gilt-stamped leather bookplate). acquisition: Fleming, 1987

Literature

STC 11909; ESTC S103204; Greg 594; not in Pforzheimer

Condition

some marginal soiling and occasional light dampstaining, without the initial blank leaf. Modern wrappers, in a russet cloth folding-case.
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Catalogue Note

First edition.