Lot 40
Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...Now the Fourth Time Published, [George Eld and Humphrey Lownes] for Matthew Lownes, 1605.
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...Now the Fourth Time Published, title within elaborate woodcut pictorial border (frayed and neatly repaired at fore-edge with very small loss), woodcut head- and tailpieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank, [par.]4 small repair to inner-margin, Q1 & 2M1 tiny rust-hole within text, the odd light stain, some browning and light spotting, near-contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt backstrip with red morocco label, slight rubbing, lower cover detached, [STC 22543a], folio, [George Eld and Humphrey Lownes] for Matthew Lownes, 1605.
Description
Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...Now the Fourth Time Published, title within elaborate woodcut pictorial border (frayed and neatly repaired at fore-edge with very small loss), woodcut head- and tailpieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank, [par.]4 small repair to inner-margin, Q1 & 2M1 tiny rust-hole within text, the odd light stain, some browning and light spotting, near-contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt backstrip with red morocco label, slight rubbing, lower cover detached, [STC 22543a], folio, [George Eld and Humphrey Lownes] for Matthew Lownes, 1605.