£2,375
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 589
Auction: 19 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
Basel: Per Ambrosium et Aurelium Frobenios fratres [Froben], [1566]. Folio, contemporary panelled calf, some wear and a little nibbling to covers, a little marginal dampstaining to initial leaves
Provenance: Signature to title-page of William Alabaster, dated 1590. Alabaster was an English poet and playwright. Latterly, Alabaster was a Doctor of Divinity at Cambridge University and Chaplain to King James I. The book is annotated in an early hand, possibly Alabaster's.