- 710
Sampson, William
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- Sampson, William
- The Vow Breaker. Or, The Faire Maide of Clifton. In Notinghamshire as it hath been divers times Acted by severall Companies with great applause. London: Printed by John Norton and are to be sold by Roger Ball at the signe of the Golden Anchor in the Strand neere Temple-Barre, 1636
- paper
4to (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.; 180 x 130 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, full-page woodcut on leaf A2, headpieces of printer's ornaments or woodcut; title and preliminary leaves browned, title fore-margin corners mended, one-inch square mend in upper gutter margin of title and leaf A2 affecting headpiece on title verso and just entering woodcut frame on A2, clean tear in lower portion of woodcut mended affecting (but not obscuring) image, a few tiny mends in upper outer corners. Modern quarter-vellum and marbled boards.
Provenance
acquisition: E.M. Lawson, 2006
Literature
STC 21688; ESTC S116468; Greg 510; not in Pforzheimer
Condition
title and preliminary leaves browned, title fore-margin corners mended, one-inch square mend in upper gutter margin of title and leaf A2 affecting headpiece on title verso and just entering woodcut frame, clean tear in lower portion of woodcut mended affecting (but not obscuring) image, a few tiny mends in upper outer corners.
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. Based on a rare chapbook, entitled Bateman's Tragedy; or the Perjured Bride justly rewarded; and Ritson's popular ballads. Written partly in blank verse and partly in prose and concluding with an interview between the mayor of Nottingham and Queen Elizabeth respecting the navigation of the river Trent. One passage is thought to refer to the sub-play in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream: "Bal: Nay, in that moode you shall have him, instead of presenting Pyramus and Thisbe, personate cato Censorius...."