May 05, 2022 - Sale 2603

Sale 2603 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Sherburne, Sir Edward (1618-1702) trans.
Salmacis, Lyrian & Sylvia, Forsaken Lydia, the Rape of Helen, a Comment thereon with Several other Poems and Translations.

London: Printed by W. Hunt for Thomas Dring, 1651.

First edition, octavo, engraved frontispiece in four compartments facing title, contemporary ownership inscription of L. Aston on typographical title; bound in full contemporary sheepskin with minimal and expert spine repairs, contents unwashed and nicely preserved excepting a little light toning, 6 3/8 x 4 in.

Wing S-3223; ESTC R203560.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.