Stephens, John

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

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Description

Satyrical Essayes Characters and Others. Or Accurate and Quick Descriptions, Fitted to the Life of Their Subjects. London: Nicholas Okes for Roger Barnes, 1615
paper, ink, leather

8vo (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.; 140 x 89 mm). Title within double-ruled border, text within border with marginal column for side-notes, text partly in verse, woodcut headpieces and initials, printer's ornaments; lacks initial blank, worming in right margin occasionally touching border, short tear to bottom margin of F7 just touching border. Contemporary calf; repair to upper right corner of front cover, rebacked, original spine laid down.

Literature

STC 23249; ESTC S117828; Pforzheimer 988

Catalogue Note

First edition. "One of the earliest collections of Theophrastian characters in the language, being preceded only by those of Hall, Overbury and possibly Breton" (Pforzheimer).