Lot 50
Tea.- Motteux (Peter) A Poem Upon Tea, for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's Head, 1712
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Tea.- Motteux (Peter) A Poem Upon Tea, light browning, 20th century wrappers, chipped and worn, upper wrappers detached, [ESTC T135747; Foxon M529; Kress, 2798], 8vo, for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's Head, 1712.
⁂ Scarce work, first published c.1700, we can trace no copy at auction since 1969. The author, Peter Anthony Motteux (1663-1718) was a French-born English author and translator. His death in a house of ill-repute was initially regarded as suspicious but ultimately ruled to be accidental by erotic asphyxiation.
Description
Tea.- Motteux (Peter) A Poem Upon Tea, light browning, 20th century wrappers, chipped and worn, upper wrappers detached, [ESTC T135747; Foxon M529; Kress, 2798], 8vo, for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's Head, 1712.
⁂ Scarce work, first published c.1700, we can trace no copy at auction since 1969. The author, Peter Anthony Motteux (1663-1718) was a French-born English author and translator. His death in a house of ill-repute was initially regarded as suspicious but ultimately ruled to be accidental by erotic asphyxiation.
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