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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) & John Fletcher (1579-1625) The Maids Tragedie. As it hath beene divers times Acted at the Black Friers by the Kings Majesties Servants.
London: Printed by E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for William Leake, 1641.
Third edition recorded in ESTC, described as the "fifth impression" on the title page; quarto, title page with large woodcut depicting two gentlemen engaged in a deadly sword fight; bound in modern pattered paper by Lloyd; sold in the Ellis sale at Sotheby's 28 October 1902, with original saleroom label pasted inside back board, ink stamp "F.S.L. Dupl." from the Folger Shakespeare Library inside back board; purchased from Sotheby's by Seven Gables in 1976, and by the present owner from Seven Gables in 1979; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
