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Hewitt R (Editor) - Greene's Groats-Worth Of Wit Bought With A Million Of Repentance

Estimate $60 - $120
Closed $30 (1 bid, reserve met)
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This lot is now closed 26 Aug 1:32 pm (NZST)

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Describing the folly of youth, the falsehood of makeshift flatterers, the misery of the negligent, and mischiefs of deceiving courtesans. Written before his death, and published at his dying request. The 1919 reprint of the 1592 posthumously published 1592 edition, limited edition by B. H. Blackwell, Oxford, number 412 of 500, 83pp, plus colophon, quarter cloth, decorative boards with title pasted on, ex owners name stamp.

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