Lot 126
Nabbes (Thomas) The Unfortunate Mother: A Tragedie, first edition, 1640.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Nabbes (Thomas) The Unfortunate Mother: A Tragedie. Never acted; but set downe according to the intention of the Author, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials and decorations, title a little soiled, restored at foot with lower half of a few letters supplied in facsimile, last f. darkened with fore-margin shortened, ?supplied from another copy, ink ownership inscription to title, modern morocco-backed boards, [Pforzheimer 761; STC 18346], small 4to, for Daniell Frere, and are to be sold at the signe of the Red Bull in Little Britaine, 1640.
⁂ A rare work by Nabbes, written as a rival to Shirley's Politician but not performed until 2013.
Provenance: 'Dorothy Barrington given by my mother' (ink inscription).
Description
Nabbes (Thomas) The Unfortunate Mother: A Tragedie. Never acted; but set downe according to the intention of the Author, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials and decorations, title a little soiled, restored at foot with lower half of a few letters supplied in facsimile, last f. darkened with fore-margin shortened, ?supplied from another copy, ink ownership inscription to title, modern morocco-backed boards, [Pforzheimer 761; STC 18346], small 4to, for Daniell Frere, and are to be sold at the signe of the Red Bull in Little Britaine, 1640.
⁂ A rare work by Nabbes, written as a rival to Shirley's Politician but not performed until 2013.
Provenance: 'Dorothy Barrington given by my mother' (ink inscription).
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