Apr 12, 2016 - Sale 2410

Sale 2410 - Lot 70

Price Realized: $ 1,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
HEYWOOD, THOMAS. Gynaikeion; or, Nine Bookes of Various History concerninge Women. [10] (of [12]), 466 pages, including engraved title with vignettes of Apollo and the 9 Muses; lacks the initial and final blanks. Folio, 276x184 mm, early 19th-century sheep, rebacked, joints and cover edges rubbed; scattered ink blots and minor marginal stains, heavy soiling on pages 34-35, lower outer corner off 2N6 affecting a few letters on recto. London: Adam Islip, 1624

Additional Details

first edition of a book on notable women in antiquity, grouped according to characteristics exemplified by the Muses. STC 13326.