Lot 38
Warner (William) Albions England: A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, Edm. Bollifant for George Potter, 1602, bound with another.
Hammer Price: £650
Description
Warner (William) Albions England: A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, title with typographic decoration, with final blank f., B1 and I1 with short tears, small rust-hole to G4 with loss to single letter of text, [STC 25083], Edm. Bollifant for George Potter, 1602 bound with A Continuance of Albions England, first edition, title with woodcut device, with initial f. blank except for signature, [STC 25085], Felix Kyngston for George Potter, 1606, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials and chapter heading ornaments, dampstaining and some browning, occasional ink inscriptions, bookplate, 18th century calf, rubbed and wear to extremities, lower joint cracked, upper cover detached along with endpapers, 4to.
⁂ Warner's celebrated part-biographical poem, first published in 1586 and augmented every few years until the author's death in 1609.
Provenance: M. H. Bloxam; Rugby School Library (bookplates).
Description
Warner (William) Albions England: A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, title with typographic decoration, with final blank f., B1 and I1 with short tears, small rust-hole to G4 with loss to single letter of text, [STC 25083], Edm. Bollifant for George Potter, 1602 bound with A Continuance of Albions England, first edition, title with woodcut device, with initial f. blank except for signature, [STC 25085], Felix Kyngston for George Potter, 1606, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials and chapter heading ornaments, dampstaining and some browning, occasional ink inscriptions, bookplate, 18th century calf, rubbed and wear to extremities, lower joint cracked, upper cover detached along with endpapers, 4to.
⁂ Warner's celebrated part-biographical poem, first published in 1586 and augmented every few years until the author's death in 1609.
Provenance: M. H. Bloxam; Rugby School Library (bookplates).