Killigrew, Thomas

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

The Prisoners and Claracilla. Two Tragae-Comedies. As They Were Presented at the Phoenix in Drury-Lane , by Her Mties Servants. London : Printed by T[homas]. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, and Are to Be Sold at His Shop, at the Signe of the Greene Dragon in Pauls Church-yard, 1641
ink, paper, leather

12mo (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 146 x 83 mm). General title, The Prisoners and Claracilla each has separately dated title-page, the first dated 1640, continuous register; several leaves loose, paper flaw on C2 costing several letters in seven lines. Contemporary limp vellum; remnants of spine label. Dark blue cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase.

Provenance

acquisition: Seven Gables

Literature

STC 14959; ESTC S108016; Wing K452; Greg II 619(a) and 620(a); Woodward & McManaway 709

Catalogue Note

The first edition of the first plays by Thomas Killigrew to be published.