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Lot 84
[Shakespeare, William] Fourtth Folio, 1685. Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio: viz. Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigal. The History of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A Yorkshire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine. The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley…1685.
Presumed first state, without Chiswell's imprint and with period after "Mr." Large folio (14½ x 9 inches). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout, with ten-line poem by Ben Jonson, entitled "To the Reader" underneath. Woodcut printer's device on title-page and decorative woodcut initials. Bound in black grosgrained morocco; wear to front joint. Spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt. Early owner's name on title page: "Elizabeth Young Her Book." Latin proverb: "otium sine literis mors est" [leisure without literature is death] with small Asian design on inside cover. First two pages loose at top but interior is tight from frontispiece on. Some errors in pagination; two pages with small paper replacement in margin; tiny holes in seven pages; small tear in lower right margin of p. 63. Interior is mostly clean but several pages with foxing or light stains, not affecting legibility. Custom-made case, black with bordeaux label and gilt lettering. Overall, a very good copy.
Ex-libris of Thomas Jefferson McKee, a well-known bibliophile who died in 1899 and whose magnificent collection was sold at auction by John Anderson, Jr, 34 W. 30th St., New York. Part III of the collection consisted of "English Plays of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries," and took place April 29 and 30, 1901. Shakespeare's Fourth Folio was lot 2602 and sold for $350.
Estimated Value $25,000-UP.
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