Lot 1
Fabyan (Robert) [The Chronicle of Fabyan...nowe newely printed], [1542].
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Fabyan (Robert) [The Chronicle of Fabyan...nowe newely printed], 2 parts in 1, double column, black letter, title to part 2 within woodcut architectural border, title to part 1 present but curiously consisting of border only without text, decorative woodcut initials, lacking 3A6, ?first 6 ff., final f. and possibly a few others others supplied from another copy, various repairs to preliminary ff., occasionally affecting text but with loss to only few letters, D4 tear into text repaired without loss, *5 repair with loss to catchword, occasional other marginal repairs, one or two small wormholes within text from Sig. B-K and again to final few ff., Sig. 3S with margins repaired, some early ink underlining and occasional annotation, some light browning and staining, later blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, little rubbed and scuffed, [STC 10662], folio, [R. Grafton for William Bonham or Iohn Reynes], [1542].
Description
Fabyan (Robert) [The Chronicle of Fabyan...nowe newely printed], 2 parts in 1, double column, black letter, title to part 2 within woodcut architectural border, title to part 1 present but curiously consisting of border only without text, decorative woodcut initials, lacking 3A6, ?first 6 ff., final f. and possibly a few others others supplied from another copy, various repairs to preliminary ff., occasionally affecting text but with loss to only few letters, D4 tear into text repaired without loss, *5 repair with loss to catchword, occasional other marginal repairs, one or two small wormholes within text from Sig. B-K and again to final few ff., Sig. 3S with margins repaired, some early ink underlining and occasional annotation, some light browning and staining, later blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, little rubbed and scuffed, [STC 10662], folio, [R. Grafton for William Bonham or Iohn Reynes], [1542].