- 756
[Southwell, Robert]
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Saint Peters Complaint, Newly Augmented with Other Poems. London: Printed by H. L[ownes] for William Leake: and are to be Sold at His Shop in Paules Churchyard, at the Signe of the Holy Ghost, [?1609]
- printed book
4to (6 7/7 x 5 in.; 173 x 127 mm). Title and printer's device (McKerrow 341) within woodcut border (McKerrow & Ferguson 121), woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials, printer's ornaments; title-page in facsimile, one or two headlines shaved. Nineteenth-century crushed green morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt lozenge on covers, the spine in six compartments (lettered gilt in two), gilt double fillets on turn-ins, edges gilt; spine faded to brown, turn-ins offsetting to free endpapers.
Provenance
Edwin Marion Cox (bookplate with motto "Quo Usque Tandem") — John Drinkwater (morocco label on front pastedown and signature on front free endpaper dated 1920). acquisition: Hamill & Barker
Literature
STC 22961; S117708
Condition
4to (6 7/7 x 5 in.; 173 x 127 mm). Title and printer's device (McKerrow 341) within woodcut border (McKerrow & Ferguson 121), woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials, printer's ornaments; title-page in facsimile, one or two headlines shaved. Nineteenth-century crushed green morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt lozenge on covers, the spine in six compartments (lettered gilt in two), gilt double fillets on turn-ins, edges gilt; spine faded to brown, turn-ins offsetting to free endpapers.
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
A popular work printed and augmented for over a decade. Scarce, ESTC records eleven copies in British and American institutions.