Gambling Memorabilia Featuring the Collection of Tom Blue
Fri, Mar 1, 2019 04:30AM EST
Lot 228
The English Rogue: Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant: Comprising the Most Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
[Head, Richard, and Francis Kirkman] The English Rogue: Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant: Comprising the Most Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes. London: Francis Kirkman, 1666; 1671; 1680. Four volumes in two. Full English mottled calf, extra gilt binding by Bedford, morocco title compartments, ruled covers, gilt turn-ins, a.e.g. 8vo. Together, eleven plates (lacking the portrait frontispieces). Small restored corner loss to terminal leaf of second part, only slight loss of text; occasional light spotting and offsetting, fine overall. Wing [cf. 1247], 1249, 1251. Wing does not record this 1680 edition of the third (and scarcest) part, while Hazlitt does (Second Series, p. 273).
