Jun 01, 2023 - Sale 2639

Sale 2639 - Lot 112

Price Realized: $ 250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
Female Provenance: Anne Lyttleton.
The Grand Scipio, an Excellent new Romance. Written in French by Monsieur de Vaumoriere.

London: Printed for H. Mosely, Tho. Dring, and Hen. Herringman, 1660. Folio, contemporary signature on preliminary blank (A1) of Anne Lyttleton; first and last integral blanks present; bound in full contemporary English sheepskin, ruled in blind, worn but unsophisticated, the leather delaminated in spots on both boards, corners worn, boards attached, 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.

Wing V-162; ESTC R5744 citing nine copies in North American libraries; rare at auction.