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Lot 70
[Chapman (George)] Sir Gyles Goosec [appe] Knight. A Comedie presented by the Chil: of the Chappell, first edition, [1606].
Hammer Price: £3,800
Description
[Chapman (George, atrrib.)] Sir Gyles Goosec [appe] Knight. A Comedie presented by the Chil: of the Chappell, first edition, title torn with loss to text including to part of title and all of imprint, woodcut device to title, woodcut initial and head-pieces, occasional browning and soiling, short marginal tear to C2, F1 printed side-note a little shaved, later wrappers, stitched, spine worn with loss, ink ownership inscription to rear wrapper recto, ink title and ring-marks to upper cover, extremities creased, [Pforzheimer 413; STC 12050], small 4to, [by Iohn Windet for Edward Blunt], [1606].
⁂ First edition of this rare play with a good provenance. Debate over the authorship of the play ran throughout the 19th century before being persuasively argued to be George Chapman in an essay by T. M. Parrott in 1906.
Provenance: Isaac Reed (1743-1807, Shakespearian editor and collector of theatrical literature (ink inscription)); Britwell Court Library (sold Sotheby's, 29th March 1971, lot 184)
Description
[Chapman (George, atrrib.)] Sir Gyles Goosec [appe] Knight. A Comedie presented by the Chil: of the Chappell, first edition, title torn with loss to text including to part of title and all of imprint, woodcut device to title, woodcut initial and head-pieces, occasional browning and soiling, short marginal tear to C2, F1 printed side-note a little shaved, later wrappers, stitched, spine worn with loss, ink ownership inscription to rear wrapper recto, ink title and ring-marks to upper cover, extremities creased, [Pforzheimer 413; STC 12050], small 4to, [by Iohn Windet for Edward Blunt], [1606].
⁂ First edition of this rare play with a good provenance. Debate over the authorship of the play ran throughout the 19th century before being persuasively argued to be George Chapman in an essay by T. M. Parrott in 1906.
Provenance: Isaac Reed (1743-1807, Shakespearian editor and collector of theatrical literature (ink inscription)); Britwell Court Library (sold Sotheby's, 29th March 1971, lot 184)
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