LOT 3131
17th March 2020
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LOT 3131
SHAKESPEARE, William. The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham. London: R.Walker, 1734. Frontispiece. (Browning, minor soiling.) [Bound with:] The Tragedy of Locrine, the Eldest Son of King Brutus. London: R.Walker, 1734. Frontispiece. (Lacking pp. 25-26, browning, minor soiling.) [Bound with:] The Life of King Henry V. London: R.Walker, 1735. Frontispiece. (Browning, minor soiling.) [Bound with:] Timon of Athens, a Tragedy. London: R. Walker, 1735. Frontispiece. (Browning, minor soiling.) [Bound with:] The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII. London: R. Walker, 1734. Frontispiece. (Minor soiling.) The Merchant of Venice. London: R. Walker, 1735. Frontispiece. (Browning, minor soiling.) 12mo (159 x 91mm.) Contemporary calf (lacking lettering piece to the spine, loss to top of spine, rubbing). Note: 'The History of Sir John Oldcastle' and 'The Tragedy of Locrine' did not survive their attribution to Shakespeare. The former was partly written by Michael Drayton, while the authorship of the latter is still contested. Provenance: Mary Price (name inscribed verso frontispiece of 'King Henry VIII'); L.E. Foxell (pencil inscribed verso frontispiece of 'History of Sir John Oldcastle'.
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