May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 8

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) & John Fletcher (1579-1625)
Two Quarto Comedies.
Including: The Scornfull Lady, London: Printed by M[armaduke] P[arsons] for Robert Wilson, 1639, quarto, fifth edition, bound in modern calf by Zaehnsdorf, the Huth copy, with bookplate; title page becoming detached along gutter margin, some toning, paper quite delicate and brittle, chip to title (repaired on verso), three leaves with small burnholes, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. STC 1690; Greg I 334 (e); ESTC S101207.

And: The Woman Hater, or the Hungry Courtier, London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1649, quarto, fourth edition, a reissue of the 1648 imprint with cancelled title page and a prologue by D'Avenant added, modern half leather, somewhat worn, becoming decased; old stamp expunged from title resulting in a hole (repaired on verso), 7 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. Wing B-1619; Greg I 245 (bII); ESTC R19909. (2)