Lot 48
Gunpowder Plot.- A True and Perfect Relation of the Whole proceedings against the late most barbarous Traitors ... , by Robert Barker, 1606.
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Gunpowder Plot.- A True and Perfect Relation of the Whole proceedings against the late most barbarous Traitors ..., title with woodcut decorations, head- and tail-pieces, 2B4 with tiny rust hole affecting odd letter, lacking 3F4 (blank), light soiling to first and last few leaves, ex-library with 'Mechanics' Institute Nottingham' ink-stamps throughout, ink shelfmark to title verso, modern calf-backed boards, raised spine bands, [STC 11619], small 4to, by Robert Barker, 1606.
⁂ A reissue of the first printing with cancel title and several quires reset. With the imprint in three lines, and with line 5 of the title-page ending "Ie-".
Description
Gunpowder Plot.- A True and Perfect Relation of the Whole proceedings against the late most barbarous Traitors ..., title with woodcut decorations, head- and tail-pieces, 2B4 with tiny rust hole affecting odd letter, lacking 3F4 (blank), light soiling to first and last few leaves, ex-library with 'Mechanics' Institute Nottingham' ink-stamps throughout, ink shelfmark to title verso, modern calf-backed boards, raised spine bands, [STC 11619], small 4to, by Robert Barker, 1606.
⁂ A reissue of the first printing with cancel title and several quires reset. With the imprint in three lines, and with line 5 of the title-page ending "Ie-".