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Webster (John) A monumental columne, erected to the liuing memory of the euer-glorious Henry, late Prince of Wales, first edition, title with woodcut typographic ornament within single filet at head and foot, woodcut head-pieces and a decorative initial, A1 (misbound after A3) printed entirely in black recto & verso, C2v printed entirely in black, lacking C3&4 (both printed in black recto & verso), C1 small repair to lower blank corner, C2 small repaired hole affecting a couple of letters recto and small part of black printing verso and repaired at lower blank corner, dark green crushed morocco by Matthews, gilt, covers with three sets of filet borders (one double filet) with floral corner-pieces, spine lettered longitudinally, little rubbed at extremities, g.e., [STC 25174; cf. Wither to Prior 888 (Three Elegies)], small 4to (180 x 124mm.), Printed by N[icholas]. O[kes]. for William Welby, dwelling in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Swan, 1613.

⁂ A rare work, with an appealing provenance. The last copy we can trace at auction was in 1937 (in a volume of 'Tracts' at Sotheby's, making £6). There was widespread grief at the premature death of Henry from typhoid, aged just 18. The tragic event prompted a number of literary tributes, with Webster interrupting work on The Duchess of Malfi to pen his. The work was later re-issued as part of Three elegies on the most lamented death of Prince Henrie, the first written by Cyril Tourneur. The second Iohn Webster. The third Tho: Heywood, 1613, itself scarce.

Provenance: 'Richard Grant White Esq. with the best wishes of R.H. Stoddard.'. A presentation copy from an American critic and poet to a fellow American critic and Shakespeare scholar.

Lot 91

Webster (John) A Monumental Columne, erected to the liuing memory of the euer-glorious Henry, late Prince of Wales, rare first edition, Printed by N[icholas]. O[kes]. for William Welby, 1613.  

Hammer Price: £19,000

Description

Webster (John) A monumental columne, erected to the liuing memory of the euer-glorious Henry, late Prince of Wales, first edition, title with woodcut typographic ornament within single filet at head and foot, woodcut head-pieces and a decorative initial, A1 (misbound after A3) printed entirely in black recto & verso, C2v printed entirely in black, lacking C3&4 (both printed in black recto & verso), C1 small repair to lower blank corner, C2 small repaired hole affecting a couple of letters recto and small part of black printing verso and repaired at lower blank corner, dark green crushed morocco by Matthews, gilt, covers with three sets of filet borders (one double filet) with floral corner-pieces, spine lettered longitudinally, little rubbed at extremities, g.e., [STC 25174; cf. Wither to Prior 888 (Three Elegies)], small 4to (180 x 124mm.), Printed by N[icholas]. O[kes]. for William Welby, dwelling in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Swan, 1613.

⁂ A rare work, with an appealing provenance. The last copy we can trace at auction was in 1937 (in a volume of 'Tracts' at Sotheby's, making £6). There was widespread grief at the premature death of Henry from typhoid, aged just 18. The tragic event prompted a number of literary tributes, with Webster interrupting work on The Duchess of Malfi to pen his. The work was later re-issued as part of Three elegies on the most lamented death of Prince Henrie, the first written by Cyril Tourneur. The second Iohn Webster. The third Tho: Heywood, 1613, itself scarce.

Provenance: 'Richard Grant White Esq. with the best wishes of R.H. Stoddard.'. A presentation copy from an American critic and poet to a fellow American critic and Shakespeare scholar.

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