Lot 260
Archery.- Shotterel (Robert) and Thomas Durfey. Archerie Reviv'd; or the Bow-Man's Excellence. An Heroick Poem, first edition, 1676.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Archery.- Shotterel (Robert) and Thomas Durfey. Archerie Reviv'd; or the Bow-Man's Excellence. An Heroick Poem, first edition, with initial blank, woodcut and typographic headpieces, fore-margins closely shaved, affecting a few printed side-notes, contemporary sheep, rubbing to extremities, [Wing, S 3647], 8vo, Thomas Roycroft, 1676
⁂ A scarce and charming work, we can trace only 2 copies at auction in the last 70 years.
Description
Archery.- Shotterel (Robert) and Thomas Durfey. Archerie Reviv'd; or the Bow-Man's Excellence. An Heroick Poem, first edition, with initial blank, woodcut and typographic headpieces, fore-margins closely shaved, affecting a few printed side-notes, contemporary sheep, rubbing to extremities, [Wing, S 3647], 8vo, Thomas Roycroft, 1676
⁂ A scarce and charming work, we can trace only 2 copies at auction in the last 70 years.
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