ADDISON, Joseph (1672-1719). Rosamond. An Opera. Humbly Inscrib’d to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough . London: for Jacob Tonson, 1707.
ADDISON, Joseph (1672-1719). Rosamond. An Opera. Humbly Inscrib’d to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough . London: for Jacob Tonson, 1707. 4° (203 x 144 mm). Half-title. (Title and some headlines shaved, some browning.) Late 19th-century red half morocco by Riviere & Son (upper cover skillfully reattached). Provenance : Henry Huth (1815-1878) English banker and bibliophile (bookplate on paste-down, his sale Sotheby’s London, 15 November 1911, lot 33); Mortimer L. Schiff (1877-1931) American banker and bibliophile (bookplate on pastedown). FIRST EDITION, THE HUTH COPY , of Addison’s only opera. The libretto was set by Thomas Clayton who had found success with his Arsinoë , and the opera is based on the legend of Rosamond Clifford, the mistress of Henry II. ¿rare¿: according to American Book Prices Current , no copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 35 years.
ADDISON, Joseph (1672-1719). Rosamond. An Opera. Humbly Inscrib’d to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough . London: for Jacob Tonson, 1707.
ADDISON, Joseph (1672-1719). Rosamond. An Opera. Humbly Inscrib’d to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough . London: for Jacob Tonson, 1707. 4° (203 x 144 mm). Half-title. (Title and some headlines shaved, some browning.) Late 19th-century red half morocco by Riviere & Son (upper cover skillfully reattached). Provenance : Henry Huth (1815-1878) English banker and bibliophile (bookplate on paste-down, his sale Sotheby’s London, 15 November 1911, lot 33); Mortimer L. Schiff (1877-1931) American banker and bibliophile (bookplate on pastedown). FIRST EDITION, THE HUTH COPY , of Addison’s only opera. The libretto was set by Thomas Clayton who had found success with his Arsinoë , and the opera is based on the legend of Rosamond Clifford, the mistress of Henry II. ¿rare¿: according to American Book Prices Current , no copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 35 years.
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