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Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
Gascoigne, George (d. 1577) The Glasse of Governement. A Tragicall Comedie so entituled, bycause therein are handled as well the rewardes for Vertues, as also the punishment for Vices.
London: Imprinted for C[hristopher] Barker, 1575.
First edition, second state, quarto, title page printed within border of type ornaments, lacking first and last blanks; text in black letter, some marginal soiling to first few leaves, Barker's woodcut device on verso of final leaf first signature; tears mended on L4 & M1 carefully skirting text; closed tear to fore-margin repaired on N1; bound in full red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, aeg.; the Pirie copy, with bookplate, 7 1/4 x 5 in.
