Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 211

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
MORE, THOMAS, Sir. The Historie of the Pitifull Life, and Unfortunate Death of Edward the Fifth, and the then Duke of Yorke his brother: with the Troublesome and Tyrannical Government of usurping Richard the Third, and his Miserable End. Engraved portraits of Edward V and Richard III. [8], 179 [i. e., 181], [1]; [183]-461 pages; lacks final blank. 12mo, 137x80 mm, early 19th-century calf, spine worn, front cover detached, rear cover starting; contents toned with scattered stains and soiling, portrait of Edward V mounted, general title heavily soiled with imperfectly washed inscription, minor repairs on verso of last text leaf. Ownership inscription of Henry White of Litchfield Close dated 1810 on front pastedown. London: Thomas Payne for the Company of Stationers . . . to be sold by Mich: Young, 1641

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first edition in english of the first biography of Richard III, the main source for Shakespeare's portrayal, originally published in the 1565 collected edition of More's Latin works. Gibson 64a; Wing M2688.