Fragmenta Aurea: A Collection of all the Incomparable Peices, Written by Sir John Suckling

Sir John Suckling

Published by Humphrey Moseley, London, 1658

About this Item

An attractively bound example of the scarce third edition of this collected edition of the works of Sir John Suckling. The scarce third edition of this work.This collected edition of the works of Suckling, an English poet and the inventor of the game cribbage, was first published in 1646.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Present in this volume are the works: Poems; Letters to Divers Eminent Personages; An Account of Religion by Reason; Aglaura; The Goblins, and Brennoralt. ESTC R16210, with the second page 80 numbered 08, as called for.With the register A-A6, B-V8, X7. Lacking leaves A7 and A8 (text leaves), and leaf X8, a blank.With the bookplate of Sir Stafford Northcote, a BritishConservative politician, who served both as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary, to the front pastedown.An attractively bound example of this work. In a full calf binding. Externally, lovely. Gilt detailing to back strip. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, with significant handling marks throughout, spotting to the majority of leaves, and minor ink notations to a small number of leaves. Lacking leaf A7 and leaf A8. Small tide marks to tail of gathering E leaves. Instances of leaves being lightly cropped to the head, partially obscuring titles. Very Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fragmenta Aurea: A Collection of all the Incomparable Peices, Written by Sir John Suckling
• Publisher: Humphrey Moseley, London
• Publication Date: 1658
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry