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[ADDISON, Joseph (1672-1719). Rosamond. An Opera. Humbly Inscrib’d to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough. London: for Jacob Tonson, 1707.
4° (203 x 144 mm). Half-title. (Title and some headlines shaved, some browning.) Late 19th-century red half morocco by Riviere & Son (upper cover skillfully reattached). Provenance: Henry Huth (1815-1878) English banker and bibliophile (bookplate on paste-down, his sale Sotheby’s London, 15 November 1911, lot 33); Mortimer L. Schiff (1877-1931) American banker and bibliophile (bookplate on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, THE HUTH COPY, of Addison’s only opera. The libretto was set by Thomas Clayton, who had found success with his Arsinoë, and the opera is based on the legend of Rosamond Clifford, the mistress of Henry II. ¿rare¿: according to American Book Prices Current, no copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 35 years.
4° (203 x 144 mm). Half-title. (Title and some headlines shaved, some browning.) Late 19th-century red half morocco by Riviere & Son (upper cover skillfully reattached). Provenance: Henry Huth (1815-1878) English banker and bibliophile (bookplate on paste-down, his sale Sotheby’s London, 15 November 1911, lot 33); Mortimer L. Schiff (1877-1931) American banker and bibliophile (bookplate on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, THE HUTH COPY, of Addison’s only opera. The libretto was set by Thomas Clayton, who had found success with his Arsinoë, and the opera is based on the legend of Rosamond Clifford, the mistress of Henry II. ¿rare¿: according to American Book Prices Current, no copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 35 years.