Beschreibung:

Lyly (John) Sixe Court Comedies. Often presented and acted before Queene Elizabeth, by the Children of her Maiesties Chappell, and the Children of Paules, first collected edition, divisional titles, many with woodcut ornaments, woodcut initials and head-pieces, A3 partly silked with repaired tear running through text, damp-staining to latter half, very occasional minor worming to margins, occasional browning or light soiling, ink ownership inscription to title, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Pforzheimer 635; STC 17088], 12mo, by William Stansby for Edward Blount, 1632. ⁂ Includes Endimion, Campaspe, Sapho and Phao, Gallathea, Mydas, and Mother Bombie, all much-performed at the Elizabethan court. Provenance: John Newell (ink inscription); F. B. Money Coutts (bookplate).