May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
Chapman, George (1559?-1634)
Caesar and Pompey: A Roman Tragedy, declaring their Warres.

London: Printed by Thomas Harper to be sold by Godfrey Emondson & Thomas Alchorne, 1631.

First edition, first issue, second state, quarto, a variant of the edition titled The Warres of Pompey & Caesar (STC 4992); bound in modern half morocco and marbled paper boards, ex libris John Clawson, John Scott, and Robert Lowry van Dyke with bookplates; some headlines and catchwords or signature marks cropped; title tacked to endleaves and separating from following leaf, toning to contents, lacking initial blank A1; this copy purchased from Swann Galleries by the present owner in 1987; 4 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.

STC 4993; Greg II 444 (A1*); Pforzheimer 146; ESTC S107722.