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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Female Provenance. Two mid-17th Century English Imprints.
1) Robert Howard's Poems, London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1660, first edition, octavo, signed on title page by a number of contemporary owners, including T. Coxeter T[rinity] Coll[ege] Oxon, 1708; Abigail Atherton; and Thomas Milner with note of cost; with longer note signed by Milner on a blank verso leaf in the text; bound in full modern sheepskin, antique style; half-title and cast for The Blind Lady bound as the last leaf as it was printed as part of signature U; 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. Wing H-3003.
2) Nicholas Hooke's Amanda, a Sacrifice to an Unknown Godesse, London: Printed by T[homas] R[atcliffe] and E[dward] M[ottershead] for Humphrey Tuckey, 1653; first edition, octavo, lacking longitudinal half-title and engraved frontispiece; with inscription inside front board, "Eliza[beth] Roden her Booke / January ye 22 1735/6; bound in full contemporary speckled paneled English calf with flower-form tools at each corner of the central decoration; margins cropped with some losses; 6 1/8 x 4 in. Wing H-2665. (2)
