The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham

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Sale 421: Fine & Rare Books & Manuscripts (#421) 02/08/2010 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #147The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham

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Sale 421: Fine & Rare Books & Manuscripts (#421) 02/08/2010 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Title:

The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham

Author:

Shakespeare, William (attrib.)

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

J. Tonson

Date Published:

1734

Description:

72 pp. Engraved frontispiece by P. Fourdrinier. (12mo) 7x4½, 19th century half morocco & marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt.

The first separate Tonson edition of this play, first attributed to Shakespeare in an edition published 1619, about John Oldcastle, a soldier and Lollard dissenter who was hanged and burned for heresy in 1417, earning himself a place in the Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Some have presumed Oldcastle to the the model for Falstaff.

Condition:

A little rubbing to spine ends; paper a bit darkened, contents set on stubs when rebound, overall very good.

Item#:

209445

Headline:

Shakespeare's John Oldcastle 1734
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