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Howell, James (1594?-1666) The Nuptialls of Peleus and Thetis. Consisting of a Mask and a Comedy.
London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1654.
First edition, quarto, two parts in one volume with divisional title page for the second part; a clean copy, lacking the final blank, D4 torn rather badly and restored; bound in full red morocco by Sangorski & Stucliffe, aeg., in a custom morocco-tipped slipcase; the Stirling Maxwell copy with large red bookplate inside front board; 8 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.
Wing H-3097; Greg 731 & 732; ESTC R7256.
This English-language translation cum interpretation of Francesco Buti's Le Nozze di Peleo e di Tehti contains a masque in the first section that was used by Lord Landsdowne when preparing his adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
