Apr 21, 2009 - Sale 2176

Sale 2176 - Lot 164

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM.) Dryden, John. Troilus and Cressida; or, Truth Found Too Late. A Tragedy . . . To which is prefix'd, A Preface containing the Grounds of Criticism in Tragedy. [26] (instead of [24]), 69, [1] (of [3]) pages, including leaf with poem "To Mr. Dryden" by R. Duke found in some copies; lacks the final ad leaf. 4to, modern navy morocco; contents soiled with some foxing and stains, cropped early marginalia, tape repairs on verso of title, minor marginal restoration on several other leaves. London: Abel Swall and Jacob Tonson, 1679

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first edition of Dryden''s adaptation, including a fifth act written by him; issue with Swall''s name preceding Tonson''s in the imprint. Jaggard, pages 476-77; Macdonald 84aii; Pforzheimer 915; Wing D2389.