Lot 112
Wortley (Sir Francis) Characters and Elegies, first edition, Printed in the Yeere, 1646.
Hammer Price: £1,900
Description
Wortley (Sir Francis) Characters and Elegies, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations, lacks errata leaf, later diced russia, rubbed, rebacked, upper cover detached, [Wing W3634], 4to, Printed in the Yeere, 1646.
⁂ Wortley (1591-1652), poet and baronet, actively concerned with being an 'ingenious gentleman' and a zealous royalist, was a victim of Cromwell's confiscation. Imprisoned in the Tower of London for many years, he maintained his code of hospitality and charity. He was a friend of contemporary poets, notably Ben Jonson, but died in debt and ruin. He eulogises his royalist friends such as the Earls of Northampton, Viscount Falkland, Sir C. Cavendish, the poet Francis Quarles, the Earl of Chesterfield's sons and Sir W. Wentworth with energetic verse. The Huth copy is apparently the only one known with the errata leaf present. Apart from the Huth copy, which has appeared twice since 1988, the last copy at auction was in 1985.
Provenance: Earl of Wharncliffe, descendant of Wortley (bookplate).
Description
Wortley (Sir Francis) Characters and Elegies, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations, lacks errata leaf, later diced russia, rubbed, rebacked, upper cover detached, [Wing W3634], 4to, Printed in the Yeere, 1646.
⁂ Wortley (1591-1652), poet and baronet, actively concerned with being an 'ingenious gentleman' and a zealous royalist, was a victim of Cromwell's confiscation. Imprisoned in the Tower of London for many years, he maintained his code of hospitality and charity. He was a friend of contemporary poets, notably Ben Jonson, but died in debt and ruin. He eulogises his royalist friends such as the Earls of Northampton, Viscount Falkland, Sir C. Cavendish, the poet Francis Quarles, the Earl of Chesterfield's sons and Sir W. Wentworth with energetic verse. The Huth copy is apparently the only one known with the errata leaf present. Apart from the Huth copy, which has appeared twice since 1988, the last copy at auction was in 1985.
Provenance: Earl of Wharncliffe, descendant of Wortley (bookplate).
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