Sale 2683 - Lot 102
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Sale 2683 - Lot 102
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637)
The Workes.
London: Printed by Richard Bishop and to be sold by Andrew Crooke, 1640.
Second edition of the first volume, first edition of the second & third, three folio volumes bound as two, engraved title and portrait in first volume; bound in full uniform antique-style tan calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe and housed in custom drop-back boxes; purchased by the current owner from Scribner's in 1966; early signature of Edw. Maunsell slight washed away on portrait leaf; 11 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.
STC 14753 & 14754; Pforzheimer 560.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
The Workes.
London: Printed by Richard Bishop and to be sold by Andrew Crooke, 1640.
Second edition of the first volume, first edition of the second & third, three folio volumes bound as two, engraved title and portrait in first volume; bound in full uniform antique-style tan calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe and housed in custom drop-back boxes; purchased by the current owner from Scribner's in 1966; early signature of Edw. Maunsell slight washed away on portrait leaf; 11 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.
STC 14753 & 14754; Pforzheimer 560.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.