May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Rowley, William (c. 1585?-1626)
A Match at Mid-Night. A Pleasant Comoedie: As it hath beene Acted by the Children of the Revells.

London: printed by Aug. Mathewes for William Sheares, 1633.

First edition, quarto, lacking title page and following leaf with actors' names (both provided in facsimile), final leaf possibly also provided in facsimile; thoroughly washed and pressed; bound in full mottled calf by Riviere, hinges restored; ex libris Marsden J. Perry with bookplate from the Shakesperian Library he formed; sold in Rosenbach catalogue 44 as item 418 in 1940; purchased from Seven Gables in 1968; 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.

STC 21421; Greg II 476; ESTC S116268.