Lot 103
May (Thomas) The Reigne of King Henry the Second, first edition, by A.M. for Benjamin Fisher, 1633
Hammer Price: £380
Description
May (Thomas) The Reigne of King Henry the Second, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, with fore-margin trimmed (just touching arms at top and central oval) and supplied in paper, ?lacking initial and final blanks, B1-4 tiny worm-trail to lower margin, occasional trimming, at times touching text along fore-edge or affecting single-rule borders and catchwords at head and foot, some faint foxing, nineteenth century red morocco, richly gilt, extremely slight rubbing to extremities, g.e., small 8vo, [STC 17715], by A.M. for Benjamin Fisher, 1633
Description
May (Thomas) The Reigne of King Henry the Second, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, with fore-margin trimmed (just touching arms at top and central oval) and supplied in paper, ?lacking initial and final blanks, B1-4 tiny worm-trail to lower margin, occasional trimming, at times touching text along fore-edge or affecting single-rule borders and catchwords at head and foot, some faint foxing, nineteenth century red morocco, richly gilt, extremely slight rubbing to extremities, g.e., small 8vo, [STC 17715], by A.M. for Benjamin Fisher, 1633