Oct 24, 2024 - Sale 2683

Sale 2683 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
Heywood, Thomas (circa 1570-1641)
Gynaikeion [Graece]: Or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerning Women.

London: Adam Islip, 1624.



First edition, folio, engraved title page; bound in full early 20th century red morocco by the Club Bindery, contents washed and pressed, lacking first and last blanks; marginal repairs to engraved title; approximately 10 leaves with repaired tears; ex libris Walter Thomas Wallace with armorial bookplate; joints rubbed; a pleasing copy overall; 11 1/8 x 7 in.

STC 13326; Langland to Wither 142.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.