ID 1032838
Lot 186 | The Tempest
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
Davenant and Dryden’s adaptation of The Tempest, the first version to be separately printed, fourth edition. Henry Herringman first published "The Tempest" separately, with John Dryden's preface, in 1670. A total of seven such editions would appear in the 17th century and continued to appear until 1800. The original play, though the last to be written by Shakespeare, occupied first place in the 1623 folio. ESTC R230275; Wing S-2946B.
Quarto (213 x 158mm). (Even browning.) Modern morocco by Riviere & Son for Edmund Brooks, stamped in gilt and blind (tiny nick to lower board).
| Artist: | William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) |
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| Place of origin: | England |
| Artist: | William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) |
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| Place of origin: | England |
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