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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Shirley, James (1596-1666) Hide Parke A Comedie, as it was presented by her Majesties Servants, at the private house in Drury Lane.
London: Printed for Tho. Cotes for Andrew Crooke & William Cooke, 1637.
First edition, quarto, lacking final blank (K2), bound in full green morocco by Riviere, text leaves washed and pressed, headlines and bottom lines intact; fore-edge of second leaf cropped; bookplate removed from front pastedown, a Yale duplicate, with small faint stamp on verso of title; 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.
Shirley's Hide Parke features the manners of fashionable London culture of the Jacobean era, including horse racing and betting. Pepys was in attendance at the 1668 Restoration-era revival, and although not a fan of the work, was very impressed with the use of live horses on stage. Michael Cordner directed a production at the University of York in 2016.
STC 22446; Greg II 517; ESTC S117338; rare at auction.
