Mar 08, 2018 - Sale 2468

Sale 2468 - Lot 66

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DRYDEN, JOHN. Troilus and Cressida; or, Truth Found Too Late. A Tragedy . . . To which is prefix'd, A Preface containing the Grounds of Criticism in Tragedy. [26] (instead of [24]), 69, [3]) pages, including leaf with poem "To Mr. Dryden" by R. Duke found in some copies, and final ad leaf. 4to, 208x161 mm, later 19th-century 3/4 navy morocco gilt; dampstaining in upper portion of contents throughout, A3 and a3 chipped in blank upper outer corner, some headlines cropped. Signature of William Augustus White dated 1889. London: Jacob Tonson and Abel Swall, 1679

Additional Details

first edition of an adaptation of the Shakespeare play, including a fifth act written by Dryden; issue with Tonson's name preceding Swall's in the imprint. Bartlett 164; Jaggard, pages 476-77; Macdonald 84ai; Pforzheimer 915; Wing D2389.