Ben JONSON
The Staple Of Nevves. A Comedie Acted In The Yeare, 1625. – The Diuell Is An Asse: A Comedie Acted In The Yeare, 1616.The Staple of News [with] The Devil is an Ass
Robert ALLOT • John BEALE|London 1631|20 x 32 cm|Relié
First edition.
Binding inspired by Seventeenth century Cambridge panelled boards, spine with five raised bands framed by double fillets in blind, boards framed by double fillets in blind, outer corners of central frame decorated with small fleurons tools in blind, decorated roll inside central frame, decorated roll in blind on edges, all edges gilt, a corner and edge and lower spine-end slightly rubbed, some chafing on boards, a small hole p. 8 affecting part of a letter.
Very scarce first editions of T
€6,000