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LEE (NATHANIEL)
The Tragedy of Nero

23 May 2012, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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LEE (NATHANIEL)

The Tragedy of Nero, first edition, with Wise's Ashley Library bookplate, a washed copy in calf gilt, joints repaired [Wing L883; Pforzheimer 593], 4to, T[homas] R[atcliffe] and N[athaniel] T[hompson], 1675

Footnotes

Wise's first copy, in calf by Rivèire, is Ashley 3568. Loosely inserted is a fragment (18 leaves, some defective) from James Shirley's Honoria and Mammon, 1659 (see Foxon & Todd, Thomas J. Wise and the Pre-Restoration Drama, a Supplement, 1961 appendix, item 25, an imperfect copy in the Aitken collection, Texas).

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