Lot 298
Sheffield (John, Duke of Buckingham) An Essay Upon Poetry, first edition, 1682.
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
Sheffield (John, Duke of Buckingham) An Essay Upon Poetry, first edition, title with woodcut device, patch of soiling to title, A2 trimmed at foot with loss to catchword, light foxing, bookplate to pastedown, early 20th century half morocco , gilt, [Wing B5339], sm. 4to, for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682.
⁂ Scarce first edition of Sheffield's most celebrated work, a delineation of different kinds of poetry, much praised by Pope.
Provenance: Edmund Gosse (bookplate).
Description
Sheffield (John, Duke of Buckingham) An Essay Upon Poetry, first edition, title with woodcut device, patch of soiling to title, A2 trimmed at foot with loss to catchword, light foxing, bookplate to pastedown, early 20th century half morocco , gilt, [Wing B5339], sm. 4to, for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682.
⁂ Scarce first edition of Sheffield's most celebrated work, a delineation of different kinds of poetry, much praised by Pope.
Provenance: Edmund Gosse (bookplate).
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