Sale 2617 - Lot 151
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Sale 2617 - Lot 151
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673)
The English Gentleman.
London: Printed by John Haviland to be sold by Robert Bostock, 1630.
First edition, quarto, engraved pictorial title, double-paged explanatory "Draught of the Frontispiece," present after typographical title; bound in full crushed red morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt by Chambolle-Duru and housed in a custom slipcase; purchased at the David & Lulu Borowitz sale in 1977; with Harold Greenhill's bookplate pasted inside front board; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
STC 3563; Wither to Prior 66.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
The English Gentleman.
London: Printed by John Haviland to be sold by Robert Bostock, 1630.
First edition, quarto, engraved pictorial title, double-paged explanatory "Draught of the Frontispiece," present after typographical title; bound in full crushed red morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt by Chambolle-Duru and housed in a custom slipcase; purchased at the David & Lulu Borowitz sale in 1977; with Harold Greenhill's bookplate pasted inside front board; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
STC 3563; Wither to Prior 66.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.