Title: The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham Author: Shakespeare, William (attrib.) Place: London Publisher: J. Tonson Date: 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. Lot Amendments Condition: A little rubbing to spine ends; paper a bit darkened, contents set on stubs when rebound, overall very good. Item number: 209445
Title: The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham Author: Shakespeare, William (attrib.) Place: London Publisher: J. Tonson Date: 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. Lot Amendments Condition: A little rubbing to spine ends; paper a bit darkened, contents set on stubs when rebound, overall very good. Item number: 209445
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