May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 129

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Shirley, James (1596-1666)
The Dukes Mistris, as it was Presented by her Majesties Servants at the private House in Drury-Lane.

London: Printed by John Norton for Andrew Crooke, 1638.

Quarto, one of three variants of the first edition (likely the second cf. The Library issue 10, Dec. 1988, p. 317-38); first word in title cropped in half; later signature to title; disbound, with holes in inner margin from stab sewing, housed in modern folder, 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.

STC 22441; Greg II 536; ESTC S117244.