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Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673) The English Gentleman.
Estimate:
$1,500 - $2,000
Sold
$4,000
Live Auction
Early Printed Books
Description
Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673)
The English Gentleman. London: Printed by John Haviland to be sold by Robert Bostock, 1630.First edition, quarto, engraved pictorial title, double-paged explanatory "Draught of the Frontispiece," present after typographical title; bound in full crushed red morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt by Chambolle-Duru and housed in a custom slipcase; purchased at the David & Lulu Borowitz sale in 1977; with Harold Greenhill's bookplate pasted inside front board; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.STC 3563; Wither to Prior 66.From the Ken Rapoport Collection.