Lot 139
Gomberville (Marin Le Roy de) The History of Polexader, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, Printed by Tho. Harper, for Thomas Walkley, 1647.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Gomberville (Marin Le Roy de) The History of Polexader, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, C1 & E3 with long tears running into text, K1 and 3Q1 with tears to lower margins, just running into text, light foxing and soiling, some marginal staining and occasional chipping, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, recornered, [Wing G1025], folio, Printed by Tho. Harper, for Thomas Walkley, 1647.
⁂ First edition in English of this French picaresque novel that includes travel to Benin, the Canary Islands, Mexico and the Antilles with much contemporary information about these places.
Provenance: Gaddesden Library (bookplate)
Description
Gomberville (Marin Le Roy de) The History of Polexader, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, C1 & E3 with long tears running into text, K1 and 3Q1 with tears to lower margins, just running into text, light foxing and soiling, some marginal staining and occasional chipping, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, recornered, [Wing G1025], folio, Printed by Tho. Harper, for Thomas Walkley, 1647.
⁂ First edition in English of this French picaresque novel that includes travel to Benin, the Canary Islands, Mexico and the Antilles with much contemporary information about these places.
Provenance: Gaddesden Library (bookplate)
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