Lot 102
Suckling (Sir John) Fragmenta Aurea. A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces, first edition, for Humphrey Moseley, 1646.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Suckling (Sir John) Fragmenta Aurea. A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces, first edition, engraved portrait by William Marshall, 17th and 18th ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked, some staining to covers, corners a little worn, [Pforzheimer 995; Wing S6126B], 8vo, for Humphrey Moseley, 1646.
⁂ Third state of the general title-page with the first line set in capital and lower case letters, but with the first state of "Churchyard" with an unbroken "d" and with a rule under the date, with the corresponding second state of page [vi] with "allowred" corrected to "allowed."
Description
Suckling (Sir John) Fragmenta Aurea. A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces, first edition, engraved portrait by William Marshall, 17th and 18th ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked, some staining to covers, corners a little worn, [Pforzheimer 995; Wing S6126B], 8vo, for Humphrey Moseley, 1646.
⁂ Third state of the general title-page with the first line set in capital and lower case letters, but with the first state of "Churchyard" with an unbroken "d" and with a rule under the date, with the corresponding second state of page [vi] with "allowred" corrected to "allowed."