May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 128

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Shirley, James (1596-1666)
The Constant Maid. A Comedy.

London: Printed by J. Raworth for R. Whitaker, 1640.

First edition, quarto, woodcut ornament to title page; a fine copy with full margins and final blank; bound in modern full red morocco by Riviere, skillfully rebacked; the Pirie copy, with bookplate; 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.

STC 22438; Greg II 592 (a); ESTC S117315; Pforzheimer 929 (citing a later edition); uncommon at auction.