Lot 449
  • 449

Heywood, Thomas

Estimate
3,500 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Three Quarto Plays
  • printed book
The Fayre Maide of the Exchange. London: Printed by J[ohn]. L[egat]., 1625. Title-page soiled and stained. 19th-century half calf over brown boards; extremities rubbed. Second edition (STC 13318; ESTC S104034; Greg 242b). provenance: Inglis; Thomas Jolley; George Baker. acquisition: Goodspeed. — The Foure Prentises of London, With the  Conquest of Jerusalem. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1632. Woodcut on title-page; woodcut shaved, repair to upper corner of A4, some dampstaining. Red morocco gilt by Ramage. Second edition (STC 13322; ESTC S123080; Greg 333b; Pforzheimer 475). provenance: George Baker. acquisition: Goodspeed. — If You Know Not Me, You Know No Body. Or, the Troubles of Queene Elizabeth. London: Printed by B[ernard]. A[lsop]. and T[homas]. F[awcet] for Nathanaell Butter, 1632.  Woodcut on title-page; loss to upper right corner of last leaf, a few headlines shaved. 18th-century calf; rebacked. Sixth edition (STC 13334; ESTC S104045; Greg 215g). acquisition: Pickering & Chatto.

Condition

All in quarto format. The Fayre Maide of the Exchange. London: Printed by J[ohn]. L[egat]., 1625. Title-page soiled and stained. 19th-century half calf over brown boards; extremities rubbed. Second edition (STC 13318; ESTC S104034; Greg 242b). provenance: Inglis; Thomas Jolley; George Baker. acquisition: Goodspeed. — The Foure Prentises of London, With the Conquest of Jerusalem. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1632. Woodcut on title-page; woodcut shaved, repair to upper corner of A4, some dampstaining. Red morocco gilt by Ramage. Second edition (STC 13322; ESTC S123080; Greg 333b; Pforzheimer 475). provenance: George Baker. acquisition: Goodspeed. — If You Know Not Me, You Know No Body. Or, the Troubles of Queene Elizabeth. London: Printed by B[ernard]. A[lsop]. and T[homas]. F[awcet] for Nathanaell Butter, 1632. Woodcut on title-page; loss to upper right corner of last leaf, a few headlines shaved. 18th-century calf; rebacked. Sixth edition (STC 13334; ESTC S104045; Greg 215g). acquisition: Pickering & Chatto.
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