Goodwin, George

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

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Description

Goodwin, George
Melissa Religionis Pontificiae. London: Nathanaelis Butter, 1620
ink, paper, leather

4to (7 1 /2 x 5 1/2 in.; 189 x 138 mm). Type ornaments. Errata present; author's name supplied in ink to title, but a lovely copy. Contemporary limp vellum; minor soiling and some wear to lower joint. Modern case.

Provenance

The Robinson Trust Bibliotheca Phillippica (Sotheby's London, 24 June 1974, lot 2568) — John F Fleming (Christie's New York, November 18, 1988, lot 156). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch

Literature

STC 12029; ESTC S103239

Catalogue Note

First edition, presentation copy from the author to William Masham. Inscribed by the latter on the fly-leaf: "Tenet Gulielmus Masham ex dono Georgi Goodwini."