Lot 103
[Shirley (James)] Wits Labyrinth. Or, A briefe and compendious abstract of most witty, ingenious, wise, and learned sentences and phrases, first edition, 1648; and 5 others (6)
Hammer Price: £750
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[Shirley (James)] Wits Labyrinth. Or, A briefe and compendious abstract of most witty, ingenious, wise, and learned sentences and phrases, first edition, lacking H1 and final blank ff., D2 with chip to foot affecting catchword, H3 with loss to lower half, affecting imprint, staining, bookplates of Joseph Copley and Fairfax of Cameron, later calf, joints rubbed, 1648 § Denham (Sir John) Poems and Translations, with the Sophy, first edition, errata f., G3 with paper flaw affecting text, occasional browning, book label of William Orde of Nunnykirk to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, [Pforzheimer 285; Wing D1005], for H. Herringman, 1668; and 4 others, 17th century poetry, 4to & 8vo (6)
Description
[Shirley (James)] Wits Labyrinth. Or, A briefe and compendious abstract of most witty, ingenious, wise, and learned sentences and phrases, first edition, lacking H1 and final blank ff., D2 with chip to foot affecting catchword, H3 with loss to lower half, affecting imprint, staining, bookplates of Joseph Copley and Fairfax of Cameron, later calf, joints rubbed, 1648 § Denham (Sir John) Poems and Translations, with the Sophy, first edition, errata f., G3 with paper flaw affecting text, occasional browning, book label of William Orde of Nunnykirk to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, [Pforzheimer 285; Wing D1005], for H. Herringman, 1668; and 4 others, 17th century poetry, 4to & 8vo (6)