Jonson, Ben

4to (6 5/8 x 5 in.; 171 x 126 mm). Historiated woodcut initial, with blank O2, early manuscript note on title-page regarding first performance of the play, with an early transcription of the beginning of the dedicatory epistle on the title-page verso; title-page creased and stained, title and next few leaves extended, a number of headlines shaved, scattered light browning, staining, and finger-soiling, O1 heavily washed and possibly supplied. Crushed red morocco janséniste by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt edges.

acquisition: Seven Gables, 1964

STC 14783; ESTC S122050; Greg I:259b; Pforzheimer 557

4to (6 5/8 x 5 in.; 171 x 126 mm). Historiated woodcut initial, with blank O2, early manuscript note on title-page regarding first performance of the play, with an early transcription of the beginning of the dedicatory epistle on the title-page verso; title-page creased and stained, title and next few leaves extended, a number of headlines shaved, scattered light browning, staining, and finger-soiling, O1 heavily washed and possibly supplied. Crushed red morocco janséniste by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt edges.
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First edition of one of the finest, and rarest, Jacobean comedies. Evidently no complete copy is recorded in the auction records since 1934.