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Auction archive: Lot number 95

(Brigands and Thieves) | Thieves; executions and executioners

The Ricky Jay Collection
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$4,032
Auction archive: Lot number 95

(Brigands and Thieves) | Thieves; executions and executioners

The Ricky Jay Collection
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$4,032
Beschreibung:

(Brigands and Thieves)The Devils Cabinet Broke Open: Or, a New Discovery of the Highway Theives … London: Printed for Henry Marsh 1658 [but 1657] 4to (171 x 127 mm). Woodcut headpiece and initial, printer's ornaments; several page numbers shaved, a few signatures and catchwords cropped. Stiff vellum by W. Pratt for Henry Stevens (1868), small ornament stamped in black ink on front cover, spine lettered in black ink. According to ESTC, George Thomason annotated his copy to read "8ber. [i.e. October] 31"; 8 in the imprint date crossed out and "7" written in. REFERENCE:ESTC R207600; Wing D1224Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.

Auction archive: Lot number 95
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

(Brigands and Thieves)The Devils Cabinet Broke Open: Or, a New Discovery of the Highway Theives … London: Printed for Henry Marsh 1658 [but 1657] 4to (171 x 127 mm). Woodcut headpiece and initial, printer's ornaments; several page numbers shaved, a few signatures and catchwords cropped. Stiff vellum by W. Pratt for Henry Stevens (1868), small ornament stamped in black ink on front cover, spine lettered in black ink. According to ESTC, George Thomason annotated his copy to read "8ber. [i.e. October] 31"; 8 in the imprint date crossed out and "7" written in. REFERENCE:ESTC R207600; Wing D1224Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.

Auction archive: Lot number 95
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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