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FLETCHER, John (1579-1625). The Tragoedy of Rollo, Duke of Normandy. Acted by His Majesties Servants. Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield, 1640.
Small 4o (180 x 131 mm). (Title lightly spotted and reinforced along gutter margin, two holes in D3 affecting a few letters, a few margins with pale dampstaining, some occasional spotting.) Modern red morocco, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Provenance: some early ink notations on final text leaf verso; purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1 March 1971.
Second edition, preceded by the first unauthorized edition under the title "The Bloody Brother," which was published the previous year from a different manuscript. Includes Shakespeare's song "Take O take those lipps away" on pages 65-66. Ashley I, p. 25; Greg 565(b); STC 11065.
Small 4o (180 x 131 mm). (Title lightly spotted and reinforced along gutter margin, two holes in D3 affecting a few letters, a few margins with pale dampstaining, some occasional spotting.) Modern red morocco, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Provenance: some early ink notations on final text leaf verso; purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1 March 1971.
Second edition, preceded by the first unauthorized edition under the title "The Bloody Brother," which was published the previous year from a different manuscript. Includes Shakespeare's song "Take O take those lipps away" on pages 65-66. Ashley I, p. 25; Greg 565(b); STC 11065.