Lot 57
Barckley (Sir Richard) A Discourse of the Felicitie of Man, or, His Summum Bonum, first edition, 1598.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Barckley (Sir Richard) A Discourse of the Felicitie of Man, or, His Summum Bonum, first edition, woodcut device to title, 2 ff. with full-page woodcut arms (one with small hole with slight loss), woodcut initials head- and tail-pieces, final 2ff. (errata and woodcut arms) misbound after *3, *6 misbound before *5, title a little soiled and browned with upper blank margin cut away, portion of E2 margin torn away, not affecting text, neatly repaired hole to E6 affecting a few letters, occasional light damp staining, marginal scribblings, ink ownership inscriptions to title and 2N6, 19th-century half calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, [STC B1381], small 4to, [by R. Field] for William Ponsonby, 1598.
⁂ Scarce in commerce, this discourse on human happiness has been cited as a source for Timon of Athens, Anthony and Cleopatra and the opening of Taming of the Shrew.
Provenance: Francis Morse (ink inscription); ?Grace Morscow (ink inscription dated 1698).
Description
Barckley (Sir Richard) A Discourse of the Felicitie of Man, or, His Summum Bonum, first edition, woodcut device to title, 2 ff. with full-page woodcut arms (one with small hole with slight loss), woodcut initials head- and tail-pieces, final 2ff. (errata and woodcut arms) misbound after *3, *6 misbound before *5, title a little soiled and browned with upper blank margin cut away, portion of E2 margin torn away, not affecting text, neatly repaired hole to E6 affecting a few letters, occasional light damp staining, marginal scribblings, ink ownership inscriptions to title and 2N6, 19th-century half calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, [STC B1381], small 4to, [by R. Field] for William Ponsonby, 1598.
⁂ Scarce in commerce, this discourse on human happiness has been cited as a source for Timon of Athens, Anthony and Cleopatra and the opening of Taming of the Shrew.
Provenance: Francis Morse (ink inscription); ?Grace Morscow (ink inscription dated 1698).
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