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Lot 211
Restoration Playwright.- Etherege (Sir George).- Obligation Bond by Thomas Morton of Hughenden to Sir Edmund Pye for the sum of £300, D.s. "George Etherege", "George Gosnold" & "Thomas Morton", signed as witnesses by George Etherege, George Gosnold and three others, manuscript on vellum, good remains of red wax seal, 1654.
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
Restoration Playwright.- Etherege (Sir George, playwright and diplomat, 1636-91/2).- Obligation Bond by Thomas Morton of Hughenden to Sir Edmund Pye for the sum of £300, D.s. "George Etherege", "George Gosnold" & "Thomas Morton", signed as witnesses by George Etherege, George Gosnold and three others, manuscript on vellum, good remains of red wax seal with fleur de lys decoration, later typewritten note at tail, folds, slightly creased, yellowed, 142 x 250mm., 7th August 1654.
⁂ Etherege was apprenticed by his grandfather in 1654, at the age of eighteen to the attorney George Gosnold of Beaconsfield and London. Etherege's signed as witness to Gosnold's legal documents.
Description
Restoration Playwright.- Etherege (Sir George, playwright and diplomat, 1636-91/2).- Obligation Bond by Thomas Morton of Hughenden to Sir Edmund Pye for the sum of £300, D.s. "George Etherege", "George Gosnold" & "Thomas Morton", signed as witnesses by George Etherege, George Gosnold and three others, manuscript on vellum, good remains of red wax seal with fleur de lys decoration, later typewritten note at tail, folds, slightly creased, yellowed, 142 x 250mm., 7th August 1654.
⁂ Etherege was apprenticed by his grandfather in 1654, at the age of eighteen to the attorney George Gosnold of Beaconsfield and London. Etherege's signed as witness to Gosnold's legal documents.
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