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Lot 119
[Mayne (Jasper)] The Citye Match. A Comoedye, first edition, Oxford, Leonard Lichfield, 1639.
Hammer Price: £480
Description
[Mayne (Jasper)] The Citye Match. A Comoedye. Presented to the King and Queene at White-hall, first edition, small rust-hole to final f. affecting single letter and typographic ornament to verso, also to H1 but not affecting text, title and final f. guarded, some soiling, ex-library copy with ink-stamp to title verso, library cloth, [Pforzheimer 688; STC 17750], folio, Oxford, Leonard Lichfield, 1639.
⁂ First of two plays by the Oxford wit, later in life Archdeacon of Chichester and royal chaplain. Uncommon at auction, the last copy we can trace in 1974.
Description
[Mayne (Jasper)] The Citye Match. A Comoedye. Presented to the King and Queene at White-hall, first edition, small rust-hole to final f. affecting single letter and typographic ornament to verso, also to H1 but not affecting text, title and final f. guarded, some soiling, ex-library copy with ink-stamp to title verso, library cloth, [Pforzheimer 688; STC 17750], folio, Oxford, Leonard Lichfield, 1639.
⁂ First of two plays by the Oxford wit, later in life Archdeacon of Chichester and royal chaplain. Uncommon at auction, the last copy we can trace in 1974.
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