Oct 13, 2022 - Sale 2617

Sale 2617 - Lot 139

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Anonymous.
Certaine Worthye Manuscript Poems of Great Antiquitie Reserved Long in the Studie of a Northfolke Gentleman. And Now First Published by J.S.

London: [by Robert Robinson] for R.D. [Robert Dexter], 1597.



First edition, lacking title page, provided in excellent facsimile, E2 blank & present, lacking final blank F7 dedicated to Spenser, Huntington collation identifies the title page as printed in signature F as the last leaf (F8); with divisional title, The Northren Mothers Blessing present, collation continuous; this work is traditionally attributed to Joseph Hall and regarded as part three of his Virgidemiarum, The J. S. mentioned on the title-page is likely John Stow, according to ESTC, rather than Joshua Sylvester; bound in 19th century straight-grain olive morocco, with gilt-tooled spine and boards, margin of B1 extended (likely supplied from a shorter copy), lacking final blank, 5 x 3 1/4 in.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.