Lot 643
  • 643

(Poetry)

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Two Works by the Poets Francis Beaumont and Joseph Beaumont
  • printed book
Both first editions, in quarto and folio formats, respectively. Condition as noted below.

Francis Beaumont. Poems... The Hermaphrodite. The Remedie of Love. Elegies. Sonnets, with Other Poems. London: Printed by Richard Hodgkinson for W. W[ethred]. and Laurence Blaikelocke, 1640. 4to. Red morocco by Rivière; front cover detached. (STC 1665; ESTC S104549). provenance: Arbury Library (Newdigate family); Allerton C. Hickmott.  — Joseph Beaumont. Psyche: Or Love Mysterie. In XX. Canto's: Displaying the Intercourse Betwixt Christ, and the Soule. London: Printed by John Dawson for George Boddington, 1648. Folio. Paper a bit cockled but fresh. Contemporary calf. (Wing B1625; ESTC R12099; Hayward 64). provenance: The Earl of Hopetoun. acquisition: John Fleming

Condition

Two works by the poets Beaumont, Francis and Joseph (not related), both first editions, in quarto and folio formats. Condition as noted below. Francis Beaumont. Poems ... The Hermaphrodite. The Remedie of Love. Elegies. Sonnets, with Other Poems. London: Printed by Richard Hodgkinson for W. W[ethred]. and Laurence Blaikelocke, 1640. 4to. Red morocco by Riviere & Son; front cover detached. (STC 1665; ESTC S104549). provenance: Arbury Library; Allerton C. Hickmott. — Joseph Beaumont. Psyche: Or Love Mysterie. In XX. Canto's: Displaying the Intercourse Betwixt Christ, and the Soule. London: Printed by John Dawson for George Boddington, 1648. Folio. Paper a bit cockled but fresh. Contemporary calf. (Wing B1625; ESTC R12099). provenance: The Earl of Hopetoun. acquisition: John Fleming.
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