May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 110

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
Otway, Thomas (1652-1685)
Friendship in Fashion. A Comedy, as it is Acted at his Royal Highness the Dukes Theatre.

London: Printed by E[lizabeth] F[lesher] for Richard Tonson, 1678.

First edition, one of four settings with differences in line 11 of the title; in this copy it reads, "Licenced May 31. 1678. Roger L'Estrange." with the catchword "Play" on A2 recto; lacking leaf with prologue on recto and list of actors on verso (originally printed as K4); title dusty, bound in modern half leather, sold in the Harry Levinson sale (1996); 8 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.

Wing O-548; W & M 877; Pforzheimer 776; ESTC R20912.