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D'Avenant, William, Sir (1606-1668) The Works.
London: Printed by T.N. [Thomas Newcomb] for Henry Herringman, 1673.
First collected edition, folio, engraved author frontispiece portrait bound by Faithorne after Greenhill bound opposite title; in full contemporary paneled calf, rebacked; with a long provenance in Beverly Chew's hand recounting the following chain of ownership for this copy: ex libris Lord Castlemayne, purchased in 1822 from the Long Wellesley sale at Wanstead House; 1878 purchased in the Augustus Daly sale, with Daly's bookplate; 1912 sold to Henry E. Huntington by Chew; repurchased by Chew from the sale of Huntington duplicates in 1918; and thence to Jerome Kern; purchased from Seven Gables in 1968; paper flaw to page 159/160 in The Wits, otherwise a nicely-preserved copy; 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
