Lot 165
Shipman (Thomas) Carolina: Or, Loyal Poems, only edition, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 1683.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Shipman (Thomas) Carolina: Or, Loyal Poems, only edition, title within 2-line border with woodcut ornament, small loss to blank fore-corners of title and opening couple of leaves, ink library stamp of Nottingham Public Library on title, smaller stamp on approximately 30 pages (usually in blank upper right area but occasional touching numeral or text), modern calf-backed marbled boards, [ESTC S3440], 8vo, Samuel Heyrick, and William Crook, 1683.
⁂ Only edition of a collection of poems which Nottingham born poet Thomas Shipman (1632-80) was compiling at the time of his death, and which was seen through the press by the poet, Thomas Flatman (1635-88), miniature painter and man of letters.
Description
Shipman (Thomas) Carolina: Or, Loyal Poems, only edition, title within 2-line border with woodcut ornament, small loss to blank fore-corners of title and opening couple of leaves, ink library stamp of Nottingham Public Library on title, smaller stamp on approximately 30 pages (usually in blank upper right area but occasional touching numeral or text), modern calf-backed marbled boards, [ESTC S3440], 8vo, Samuel Heyrick, and William Crook, 1683.
⁂ Only edition of a collection of poems which Nottingham born poet Thomas Shipman (1632-80) was compiling at the time of his death, and which was seen through the press by the poet, Thomas Flatman (1635-88), miniature painter and man of letters.
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