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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
Sharpham, Edward (1576-1608) Cupids Whirligig. As it hath bene Sundrie times Acted, by the Children of his Maiesties Revels.
London: Imprinted by Tho. Creede, and Ber. Alsop, to be solde by Arthur Johnson, 1616.
Third edition, quarto, woodcut printer's device to title; title trimmed with slight loss to first word of title and imprint date; contents washed; margins trimmed closely, touching some bottom lines; bound in full dark blue crushed morocco ruled in gilt and blind by Riviere; ex libris Paul. S. Newman, with bookplate; 6 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.
Sharpham's work is based in part on novel six, day seven, of Boccaccio's Decameron.
STC 22382; Greg I 247c; ESTC S100496; rare at auction.
