Quarles, Francis
The Historie of Samson
£328
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
4to (17.7 x 11.8cm), [8] 142 pp., A-T4 (-T4, blank), 19th-century purple roan backing marbled boards, wear to spine, title-page slightly marked and with old repair to upper inner corner [STC 20549]
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
Footnote
Very rare first edition of one of several works of biblical verse by an important 17th-century author whose writings 'serve to enrich the picture of Stuart England' (ODNB).