Taylor, John

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Description

The Fooles of Fate: or, the Unravelling of the Parliament and Army [Four Stanzas of Verse]. [London: S.N.], Printed in the Yeer, 1648
ink, vellum

4to (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.; 184 x 140 mm). Pagination of first leaf shaved close. Nineteenth-century stiff vellum, spine lettered in black ink, plain endpapers.

Provenance

Lord Fairfax of Cameron (armorial bookplate on lower pastedown) — Henry Huth (white morocco label on front pastedown; not in his sale, Sotheby's, 8–11 July 1919). acquisition: Charles W. Traylen, 1962

Literature

Wing T459; ESTC R203924

Catalogue Note

First edition, the Huth copy. Rare, ESTC locates only five copies.