15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 64
 

64

Goulart, I.; Grimeston, Ed. (trans.) Admirable and Memorable Histories Containing the wonders...

Goulart, I.; Grimeston, Ed. (trans.)
Admirable and Memorable Histories Containing the wonders of our time. George Eld, 1607. 8vo, full calf, boards with central deep gilt lozenge wavy; pp. [10], 646 (lacking first and last integral blanks); inhabited and floriated initials, decorative head-piece to preface.
This intriguing collection of strange wonders is perhaps most known for the tale of Philip the Good's jesting entertainment of a drunken artisan as if he were a Lord. This tale is suggested as the origin of the Induction of The Taming of the Shrew. Whilst this translation did not appear until after the play, there is evidence the story was known in England in an earlier, now lost, jest book. Although the final page states this is the end of the first volume the ESTC listing shows only a single volume (STC (2nd ed.), 12135).

Sold for £420
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

. Binding worn, joints cracking with head of spine detached at upper joint, boards still attached, internally some staining and marking, but otherwise a good copy.

 


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