May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 72

Price Realized: $ 6,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
Killigrew, Sir William (1606-1695)
Three Playes.

London: Printed by T. Mabb for John Playfere, and Thomas Horsman, 1665.

First edition, octavo, original integral blanks A1, A8 and H8 present in this copy; the original setting of leaf D7 in Selindra is present in this copy; it was later cancelled and replaced with a new bifolium containing revised text, "in order that the Song might be inserted in the proper place," according to Pforzheimer, who also notes that the Garrick copy also retains the original D7; each of the three plays has a separate title page and collation; Pandora's title is dated 1664; a crisp, unwashed copy in original sheepskin boards, neatly rebacked in matching leather and housed in modern custom chemise and slipcase, 6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.

Wing K-470; Pforzheimer 573; W & M 710; ESTC R39061.