The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew Ievv of Malta

by Christopher Marlowe

$225,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

FIRST EXTANT EDITION. Bound in modern full dark brown morocco circa 1984, in a custom box. A fine copy, lightly washed, unpressed, the paper preserving its rattle. All edges gilt. Provenance: Ximenes sold 1993 , with receipt and scan of a note from Steve Weissman regarding the sale. Although written about 1589 and entered in the Stationers' Registers in 1594, no earlier edition than the present is known. The

• Binding: Leather

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