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Parkes, William
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Parkes, William
- The Curtaine-Drawer of the World: or, The Chamberlaine of that Great Inne of Iniquity. Where Vice in a Rich Embroidred Gowne of Velvet, Rides a Horse-backe like a Judge, and Vertue in a Thrid-bare Cloake full of Patches, goes a foote like a Drudge. Where he that hath Most Mony may be Best Merry, and he that hath None at All, wants a Friend, he shal Daily have cause to Remember to Grieve for. London: Printed [by Nicholas Okes] for Leonard Becket, and are to be sold at the Temple neere to the Church, 1612
- printed book
4to (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.; 180 x 131 mm). Black letter (prose) and roman (verse). Woodcut initials, woodcut and type-ornament head- and tailpieces; title-page lightly dust-soiled, a few blank corners lost or restored, some tiny wormholes at top margin expanding into short trails on E4-H2, these latter filled occasionally touching a letter or two of headline, printing fault on F1v affecting a few letters, lacking final blank costing I4. Nineteenth-century blue morocco, covers with floral gilt-roll border, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, gilt edges; extremities rubbed.
Provenance
Benjamin H. Bright (attribution in White catalogue) — William Horatio Crawford (armorial bookplate; Sotheby's, 12 March 1891) — W. A. White (signature, 13 April 1891, on front blank; his Catalogue of Early English Books, p. 108) — A. S. W. Rosenbach (supposed private library, although the Rosenbach Company was engaged by the White estate to handle the sale of books not part of White's bequests) — Arthur A. Houghton (morocco label; Christie's London, 11 June 1980, lot 342), acquisition: John F. Fleming, 1987
Literature
STC 19298; ESTC S110228
Condition
4to (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.; 180 x 131 mm). Black letter (prose) and roman (verse). Woodcut initials, woodcut and type-ornament head- and tailpieces; title-page lightly dust-soiled, a few blank corners lost or restored, some tiny wormholes at top margin expanding into short trails on E4-H2, these latter filled occasionally touching a letter or two of headline, printing fault on F1v affecting a few letters, lacking final blank costing I4. Nineteenth-century blue morocco, covers with floral gilt-roll border, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, gilt edges; extremities rubbed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition; one of fewer than ten copies recorded, and likely the only one in private hands, of this idiosyncratic Elizabethan satiric survey.