Lot 188
Brome (Alexander) Songs and Other Poems, first edition, for Henry Brome, 1661.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Brome (Alexander) Songs and Other Poems, first edition, variant with Sig. d signed * (this misbound after preliminaries), engraved portrait frontispiece by A. Hertocks laid down, without errata slip, A1, A7 & I8 with tear into text neatly repaired, H2 repair to lower blank corner, trimmed, mainly with loss to headlines/pagination and signatures but occasionally into text, occasional staining, attractively bound in later green morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded, rubbing to joints and extremities, g.e., [Wing B4852], 8vo, for Henry Brome, 1661.
⁂ Scarce at auction. One of the poems if titled "Ben. Johnson's Sociable rules for the Apollo".
Description
Brome (Alexander) Songs and Other Poems, first edition, variant with Sig. d signed * (this misbound after preliminaries), engraved portrait frontispiece by A. Hertocks laid down, without errata slip, A1, A7 & I8 with tear into text neatly repaired, H2 repair to lower blank corner, trimmed, mainly with loss to headlines/pagination and signatures but occasionally into text, occasional staining, attractively bound in later green morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded, rubbing to joints and extremities, g.e., [Wing B4852], 8vo, for Henry Brome, 1661.
⁂ Scarce at auction. One of the poems if titled "Ben. Johnson's Sociable rules for the Apollo".
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