Oct 24 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2683 -

Sale 2683 - Lot 8

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.