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Lot 295

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Works of Ben Jonson, Which were formerly Printed in Two Volumes... London: Thomas Hodgkin for H. Herringham, 1692.

Estimate: $600 - $800
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$300

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JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Works of Ben Jonson, Which were formerly Printed in Two Volumes, are now Reprinted in One. To which is added A Comedy, Called the New Inn... London: Thomas Hodgkin for H. Herringham, 1692. Folio. Portrait frontispiece. [748] pp. Contemporary full calf, boards ruled in blind. 

Condition

Rebacked in later tan calf, red gilt morocco lettering label, boards worn and bumped, hinges starting, text toned with occasional dampstaining, soiling, foxing. Ownership signatures of Mary Monger on the front endleaves, some occasional ink markings on frontispiece and in text. Very good. FIRST COMPLETE COLLECTED ONE VOLUME EDITION, AND THE LAST FOLIO EDITION PRINTED. 

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