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Beaumont, Francis and John Fletcher
Estimate
18,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- Comedies and Tragedies ... Never Printed Before, And Now Published by the Authours Originall Copies. London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, at the Three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in St Pauls Church-yard, 1647
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Folio (13 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.; 343 x 220 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Fletcher by W. Marshall in second state, woodcut head- and tailpieces, decorative initials; title and frontispiece soiled, extreme edges of margins very lightly browned. Contemporary morocco, gilt-ruled borders and frame with gilt-stamped floral cornerpieces, spine with gilt-stamped daisy in each compartment, gilt-stamped supralibros (three ostrich feathers emerging from a coronet with motto "Ich dien"); head and foot of spine renewed.
Provenance
Charles II as Prince of Wales (supralibros). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 1960
Literature
Wing B1581; ESTC R22900; Greg III, 1013; Pforzheimer 53
Condition
title and frontispiece soiled, extreme edges of margins very lightly browned. Contemporary morocco, gilt-ruled borders and frame with gilt-stamped floral cornerpieces, spine with gilt-stamped daisy in each compartment, gilt-stamped supralibros (three ostrich feathers emerging from a coronet with motto "Ich dien"); head and foot of spine renewed.
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 of all the plays not hitherto printed, save for The Wild-goose Chase, and modeled after Shakespeare's first folio, with an astonishing twenty leaves devoted to poetic encomia of the authors.