Lot 130
Wither (George) The Great Assises Holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his Assessours, first edition, Printed by Richard Cotes, for Edward Husbands, 1645.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Wither (George) The Great Assises Holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his Assessours, first edition, title within typographic border (trimmed at all but the inner edge), text leaves trimmed affecting pagination and upper edge of woodcut border to heading 'Apollo' on A2, some browning to upper edge, lacking final blank leaf G2, modern dark blue crushed morocco, spine partially sunned, [Wing W3160; Grolier 1048], 4to, Printed by Richard Cotes, for Edward Husbands, 1645.
⁂ A cropped copy of this rare work which seldom appears at auction. Includes mention of several important early English writers. In the work the newspapers are arraigned and condemned before Apollo and a jury. Wither is foreman and other jurors include Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Haywood, Davenant and Massinger; the judges include Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Philip Sidney, Erasmus, Selden, Grotius and Barclay; Ben Jonson is the jailer and Edmund Spencer the clerk.
Provenance: William Carleton (ink inscription to front free endpaper about the receipt of this book from a friend in 1682/3).
Description
Wither (George) The Great Assises Holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his Assessours, first edition, title within typographic border (trimmed at all but the inner edge), text leaves trimmed affecting pagination and upper edge of woodcut border to heading 'Apollo' on A2, some browning to upper edge, lacking final blank leaf G2, modern dark blue crushed morocco, spine partially sunned, [Wing W3160; Grolier 1048], 4to, Printed by Richard Cotes, for Edward Husbands, 1645.
⁂ A cropped copy of this rare work which seldom appears at auction. Includes mention of several important early English writers. In the work the newspapers are arraigned and condemned before Apollo and a jury. Wither is foreman and other jurors include Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Haywood, Davenant and Massinger; the judges include Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Philip Sidney, Erasmus, Selden, Grotius and Barclay; Ben Jonson is the jailer and Edmund Spencer the clerk.
Provenance: William Carleton (ink inscription to front free endpaper about the receipt of this book from a friend in 1682/3).
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