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The Ruminations of a 17th Century Playwright and Courtier

KILLIGREW, SIR WILLIAM.

Mid-Night and Daily Thoughts. In Prose and Verse.

Place and Imprint: London: Printed for Thomas Bennet, 1694.
Edition: First edition.
Bibliographical References: ESTC R8939; Wing K-461; NCBEL II, 767.
Condition: Damp-stain in the upper portion of the first two signatures; some light foxing; very good copy.
Book ID: 26984

Physical Description

8vo, contemporary black morocco, gilt panels, decorations and lettering, a.e.g.

Comments

Poetic and prose meditations written towards the end of the life of Sir William Killigrew (bap. 1606-1695), playwright and courtier, whose career flourished almost the entire span of the 17th century. Inscribed on the front blank in a contemporary hand, quite possibly Killigrew's: "For ye Countesse of Peterborough." Bookplate of American collector Robert S. Pirie on the front paste-down.

Price: $1,250.00