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HOWELL, JAMES. 1594-1666.
The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis. Consisting of a Mask and a Comedy. London: Henry Herringman, 1654.

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HOWELL, JAMES. 1594-1666.

The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis. Consisting of a Mask and a Comedy. London: Henry Herringman, 1654.
4to (203 x 141 mm). 19th century calf. Rebacked, title page trimmed at top margin, lacking final blank.
Provenance: Henry Huth (bookplate); Lord Fairfax of Cameron (bookplate); Robert S. Pirie (bookplate; his sale, Sotheby's New York, December 2, 2015, lot 317 [part]).

In two parts, the second with a separate title page, and the title The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis, a new Italian Comedy ... made English by a nearer adherence to the original than the French translation. The first part (the Mask) from this work, was incorporated by Lord Lansdowne in The Jew of Venice, his adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice [see lot 18]. Wing H-3097.

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