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JONSON (BEN)
The Works... to Which is Added a Comedy, Called The New Inn. With Additions Never Before Published, folio (2)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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JONSON (BEN)

The Works... to Which is Added a Comedy, Called The New Inn. With Additions Never Before Published, third folio edition, engraved frontispiece portrait by William Elder after Robert Vaughan, woodcut ornaments on title, old pencil scribble on A3 (and the laurel of portrait touched), lower fore-margin of the opening 40 or so leaves softened with small loss not affecting letters, 4 leaves toned, contemporary reverse calf, worn [ESTC R15282; Pforzheimer 561; Wing J1006], H. Herringman, E. Brewster [and others], 1692--DRYDEN (JOHN, translator) The Works of Virgil... Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden, issue with cancel title printed in red and black (small hole repaired), engraved allegorical frontispiece (laid down, small area of loss to image), 101 engraved plates (a few shaved), light spotting, early half calf, worn [ESTC R26296], Jacob Tonson, 1697, folio (2)

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