Details
FORD, John (fl. 1639). 'Tis Pitty Shee's a Whore. London: Nicholas Okes, for Richard Collins, 1633.
4° (173 x 123mm). Title ornament, ornamental headlines and initials, pages ruled in red. (Stained, headline occasionally trimmed, browned.) Later red morocco-backed boards (scuffed). Provenance: Catherine Ogle, inscription on title dated London, May 16 1670; C. Graves, 19th-century booklabel.
FIRST EDITION. "Though perhaps the most decadent of all Ford's plays this tragedy contains a number of his most poetic passages as well as 'one of the most memorable scenes in the English drama' [the final colloquy between Annabella and Giovanni]" (Pforzheimer). RARE on the market. No copy has been offered at auction since the Houghton copy was sold in 1979. Ashley Lib. II, 127; Greg 486; Pforzheimer 383; STC 11165.
4° (173 x 123mm). Title ornament, ornamental headlines and initials, pages ruled in red. (Stained, headline occasionally trimmed, browned.) Later red morocco-backed boards (scuffed). Provenance: Catherine Ogle, inscription on title dated London, May 16 1670; C. Graves, 19th-century booklabel.
FIRST EDITION. "Though perhaps the most decadent of all Ford's plays this tragedy contains a number of his most poetic passages as well as 'one of the most memorable scenes in the English drama' [the final colloquy between Annabella and Giovanni]" (Pforzheimer). RARE on the market. No copy has been offered at auction since the Houghton copy was sold in 1979. Ashley Lib. II, 127; Greg 486; Pforzheimer 383; STC 11165.