May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
Nabbes, Thomas (1605-1641)
Hannibal and Scipio.

London: Printed by Richard Oulton for Charles Greene, 1637.

First edition, quarto, lacking final blank (K4), neatly washed without being excessively pressed; margins intact throughout; repaired tear to H3; bound in full calf for Frederick Perkins, with his armorial crest tooled in gilt to both boards (rebacked); 6 3/4 x 5 in.

STC 18341; Greg II 513; Pforzheimer 755; ESTC S113063.

Nabbes's third play was first performed in London in 1635 by Queen Henrietta's Men, with William Allen (d. 1647) as Hannibal and Michael Bowyer (1599-1645) as Scipio.