![376Motteux (Peter) Love's a Jest. A Comedy, first edition, Printed for Peter Buck [&c.], 1696.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/3191ec1c-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/f77345b8-6d91-ee11-817a-6045bdd090fd.webp "376Motteux (Peter) Love's a Jest. A Comedy, first edition, Printed for Peter Buck [&c.], 1696.")
Lot 376
Motteux (Peter) Love's a Jest. A Comedy, first edition, Printed for Peter Buck [&c.], 1696.
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
Motteux (Peter) Love's a Jest. A Comedy, first edition, title a little browned at edges and with small burn-hole slightly affecting imprint, occasional foxing, small tear to inner edge of final leaf, just touching text, later dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, [Wing M2953; Pforzheimer 746], 4to, Printed for Peter Buck [&c.], 1696.
⁂ The Mortimer L. Schiff copy of this scarce play, which last appeared at auction in 1984.
Description
Motteux (Peter) Love's a Jest. A Comedy, first edition, title a little browned at edges and with small burn-hole slightly affecting imprint, occasional foxing, small tear to inner edge of final leaf, just touching text, later dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, [Wing M2953; Pforzheimer 746], 4to, Printed for Peter Buck [&c.], 1696.
⁂ The Mortimer L. Schiff copy of this scarce play, which last appeared at auction in 1984.
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