Lot 41
Alexander (William) The Monarchicke Tragedies; Croesus, Darius, The Alexandraean, Julius Caesar, Printed by Valentine Simmes for Ed. Blount, 1607.
Hammer Price: £5,500
Description
Alexander (William) The Monarchicke Tragedies; Croesus, Darius, The Alexandraean, Julius Caesar, woodcut devices on titles, woodcut decorations and initials, initial leaf (blank except for signature A1) and 3 other blank leaves all present, lower corner of penulatimate leaf torn away (no loss of text), modern dark blue morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Bernard Quaritch, [STC 344; Greg III page 1010], 4to, Printed by Valentine Simmes for Ed. Blount, 1607.
⁂ A large, clean and unwashed copy of this reissue of the 1604 edition with a new title, Darius retaining its original title dated 1604, and the final two plays appearing for the first time, each with its own title. The title-page of The Alexandrean Tragedie is the cancel with mask ornament.
Provenance: Kenneth Rapoport (bookplate).
Description
Alexander (William) The Monarchicke Tragedies; Croesus, Darius, The Alexandraean, Julius Caesar, woodcut devices on titles, woodcut decorations and initials, initial leaf (blank except for signature A1) and 3 other blank leaves all present, lower corner of penulatimate leaf torn away (no loss of text), modern dark blue morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Bernard Quaritch, [STC 344; Greg III page 1010], 4to, Printed by Valentine Simmes for Ed. Blount, 1607.
⁂ A large, clean and unwashed copy of this reissue of the 1604 edition with a new title, Darius retaining its original title dated 1604, and the final two plays appearing for the first time, each with its own title. The title-page of The Alexandrean Tragedie is the cancel with mask ornament.
Provenance: Kenneth Rapoport (bookplate).
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