Oct 24, 2024 - Sale 2683

Sale 2683 - Lot 8

Price Realized: $ 531
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Shakespeare Adaptation].
Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found too Late. A Tragedy.

London: Printed for Abel Swall & Jacob Tonson, 1679.

First edition of Dryden's adaptation; publisher's ad bound opposite the title page; bound in modern half red morocco with textured buckram-covered boards and endleaves; some headlines slightly cropped; last four leaves toned; without the leaf, "to Mr. Dryden on his play" found in some copies; 7 7/8 x 6 in.

Wing D-2389; ESTC R4152; Pforzheimer 915.

Rasmussen-Hines Collection of Shakespeare & Renaissance Literature.