Kirke (John) The Seven Champions of Christendome, first
Kirke (John) The Seven Champions of Christendome, first edition, lacking initial and final blank leaf, repairs to upper corner of many leaves, occasionally with loss of text or affecting woodcut decoration, trimmed with occasional loss to headline and catchword, 20th century calf, gilt, spine a little rubbed and chipped, joints cracked, corners rubbed, [STC 15014; Pforzheimer 574; Greg II, 545], 4to, Printed by J. Okes, 1638.
⁂ The title continues: "Acted at the Cockepit, and at the Red-Bull in St. Johns Streete, with a generall liking." The first and only edition of Kirke's 'preposterous' tragicomedy, based on Richard Johnson's popular chivalric romance of the same name.
Provenance: William I. Florence (bookplate).
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Kirke (John) The Seven Champions of Christendome, first edition, lacking initial and final blank leaf, repairs to upper corner of many leaves, occasionally with loss of text or affecting woodcut decoration, trimmed with occasional loss to headline and catchword, 20th century calf, gilt, spine a little rubbed and chipped, joints cracked, corners rubbed, [STC 15014; Pforzheimer 574; Greg II, 545], 4to, Printed by J. Okes, 1638.
⁂ The title continues: "Acted at the Cockepit, and at the Red-Bull in St. Johns Streete, with a generall liking." The first and only edition of Kirke's 'preposterous' tragicomedy, based on Richard Johnson's popular chivalric romance of the same name.
Provenance: William I. Florence (bookplate).
