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Alexander, William, Earl of Stirling
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- A Paraenesis to the Prince. London: by Richard Field for Edward Blount, 1604
- Paper, Ink, Leather
4to (7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 187 x 138 mm). Title-page with woodcut headpiece and printer's device (McKerrow 192); lacking final blank. Brown morocco gilt by Riviere; front board detached but present.
Provenance
Robert Hoe (morocco label; Anderson, 8 January 1912, lot 61) — Henry E. Huntington (his "Selections and Duplicates" sale, part 7, Anderson, 4 February 1918, lot 4) — John L. Clawson (morocco label; Anderson, 20 May 1926, lot 3) — H. Bradley Martin (bookplate; Sotheby's New York, 30 April 1990, lot 2558)
Literature
STC 346; Pforzheimer 4
Catalogue Note
First edition; with distinguished provenance.