![[HOE, Robert, III, collector]. The Noble Birth and Gallant Atchievements of that Remarkable Outlaw Robin Hood. Together with a True Account of the Many Merry and Extravagant Exploits he Play'd in Twelve Several Stories. London: William Pickering, 1827.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2007/NYR/2007_NYR_01851_0169_000(021717).jpg?w=1)
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[HOE, Robert, III, collector]. The Noble Birth and Gallant Atchievements of that Remarkable Outlaw Robin Hood. Together with a True Account of the Many Merry and Extravagant Exploits he Play'd in Twelve Several Stories. London: William Pickering, 1827.
8o (174 x 113 mm). PRINTED ON VELLUM. 40 leaves, including first and final blanks. 19th-century green morocco gilt, brown morocco letteringpiece on spine, edges gilt; contemporary half calf pull-off case (a bit rubbed). Provenance: Robert Hoe III (bookplate; his sale part II, Anderson, 15 January 1912, lot 2916); Arthur Hoe, Robert Hoe's son (bookplate).
INSCRIBED "UNIQUE COPY ON VELLUM E.V.U". The first 19 pages introduce the text of the London, 1678 edition which is printed on the final 53 pages.
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INSCRIBED "UNIQUE COPY ON VELLUM E.V.U". The first 19 pages introduce the text of the London, 1678 edition which is printed on the final 53 pages.
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The note on the front flyleaf was written by Edward Vernon Utterson, whose sales were held at Sotheby's in 1852 and 1857.