Baldwin, William

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Description

Baldwin, William
A Myrrour for Magistrates, Wherein may Seene Examples Passed in this Realme with howe Greueous Plagues, Vyces are Punished in Great Princes and Magistrates and how Frayle and Unstable Worldly Prosperity is Founde, where Fortune Seemeth most Highly to Favour. London: by Thomas Marsh, dwelling in Fleetestreete, near unto Sainte Dunstanes Churche, 1571
ink, paper, leather

4to (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 ins.; 189 x 135 mm). Black letter and roman, title in woodcut border (McKerrow & Ferguson 125), woodcut initials; first and final quires washed, closed tear to L1, repairs to colophon leaf, lower corner of *iii torn away, occasional light dampstaining, marginal notes in an unknown contemporary hand. Modern calf antique.

Provenance

acquisition: Rogers, 1971

Literature

STC 1249; ESTC S1000553; Grolier Langland to Wither 152; Pforzheimer 732

Catalogue Note

The third edition of this landmark of English poetry, a very close reprint of the earlier edition and very nearly as scarce.