Lot 259
Genealogy.- Vincent (Augustine) A Discoverie of Errours in the First Edition of the Catalogue of Nobility, first edition, William Jaggard, 1622.
Hammer Price: £280
Description
Genealogy.- Vincent (Augustine) A Discoverie of Errours in the First Edition of the Catalogue of Nobility, first edition, with initial blank & final errata leaf and the 5 additional leaves called for by ESTC, woodcut head-pieces, initials and numerous coats-of-arms, a few minor marginal tears, final leaf creased, engraved bookplate mounted on initial blank facing title, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving most of old spine, [STC 24756], folio, William Jaggard, 1622.
⁂ Essentially a corrected reprint of Ralph Brooke's Catalogue of Nobility of 1619, and now known principally as the reason for William Jaggard's delay in printing Shakespeare's First Folio, due to him being occupied with the corrections for this work.
Description
Genealogy.- Vincent (Augustine) A Discoverie of Errours in the First Edition of the Catalogue of Nobility, first edition, with initial blank & final errata leaf and the 5 additional leaves called for by ESTC, woodcut head-pieces, initials and numerous coats-of-arms, a few minor marginal tears, final leaf creased, engraved bookplate mounted on initial blank facing title, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving most of old spine, [STC 24756], folio, William Jaggard, 1622.
⁂ Essentially a corrected reprint of Ralph Brooke's Catalogue of Nobility of 1619, and now known principally as the reason for William Jaggard's delay in printing Shakespeare's First Folio, due to him being occupied with the corrections for this work.