Estimate: | £200 - £300 |
Hammer price: | £550 |
JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Volpone, or The Foxe. A Comoedie. Acted in the yeere 1605. By the K. Maiesties Servants. London: Printed by William Stansby, 1616. Title, headpieces and initials, paginated [439]-524 (Title browned, stained and spotted) [Bound with the same author's:] Epicoene, or the Silent Woman. A Comoedie. Acted in the yeere 1609. By the Children of her Maiesties Revells. London: Printed by William Stansby, 1616. Title, headpieces and initials, paginated [[525]-600 [And:] The Alchemist. A Comoedie, Acted in the yeere 1610. By the Kings Maiesties Servants. London: Printed by William Stansby, 1616. Title, headpieces and initials, paginated [601]-672 only, lacking all after p. 672. Three works bound in one, 4to (258 x 186mm). Stitched. Provenance: old pen trials on first title; French inscription on p.661 of "The Alchemist" dated 1710.