Apr 11, 2011 - Sale 2243

Sale 2243 - Lot 59

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BROWNE, THOMAS, Sir. Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall . . . Together with The Garden of Cyrus. 3 engraved illustrations. [16], 102 [i. e., 202], [6] pages, including final leaf with perpendicular half-title. Small 8vo, later 19th-century navy morocco gilt, slightly scuffed; scattered minor stains, marginal ink markings through most of volume, insignificant worming in blank lower margins. Contemporary signature of John Hopkinson on title, inscription dated 1795 on verso ("Presented to the Society of United Friars by 'Bro.' Sepulchre"); bookplate of the author George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928). London: Hen. Brome, 1658

Additional Details

first edition. Without the errata leaf found in some copies. Keynes 93; Pforzheimer 110; Wing B5154.