Thomas May

Lot 199: MAY, THOMAS

Name: MAY, THOMAS
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: jk9uyu7q94

Est: $700 USD - $1,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USDecember 03, 2004

Item Overview

Description

The Old Couple. A Comedy. London: Printed by J. Cottrel for Samuel Speed, 1658

4to (7 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.; 180 x 134 mm). Title within a type-ornament frame, terminal leaf (G2) of publisher's ads; scattered foxing. Nineteenth-century calf, covers blind-stamped with Bridgewater crest, marbled endpapers and edges; spine and edges quite worn. Brown cloth slipcase, chemise.

Artist or Maker

Thomas May

Literature

Ashley Library X:148; Greg 784; Pforzheimer 685 (lacking final leaf); Wing M1412

Provenance

Bridgewater Library (supralibros, bookplate, press-label 21 / 84)

Notes

First edition of May's only comedy.

Auction Details

Property from the Library of the Late Mrs. J. Insley Blair

Sotheby's

December 03, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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