May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
Mason, John (fl. circa 1606-1610)
An Excellent Tragedy of Mulleasses the Turke, and Borgias Governour of Florence. Full of Interchangeable variety; beyond expectation.

London: Printed by T[homas] P[urfoot] for Francis Falkner, 1632.

Second edition, quarto, first published in 1610 as The Turke, the author's only published work; title page dusty, slightly trimmed down, not affecting headlines, with a generous blank margin at the foot; bound in 19th century half cloth; verso of final leaf toned, some loss of paper to top inner corner of first few leaves; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.

STC 17618; Greg I 286 (b); Pforzheimer 675; ESTC S112426; rare at auction.