11-02-200311-02-2003
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2218Boston
November 2, 2003 11:00 AMCalender
468

Spence, Reverend (1699-1768)

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$411$350
Auction: Sale #2218 - 2218Location: BostonDate / Time: November 02, 2003 11:00AM

Description:

Spence, Reverend (1699-1768),Polymetis: or, an Enquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Ancient Artists, London, 1747, R. Dodsley, first edition, boards, having engraved frontispiece portrait, forty full page and folding engraved plates, and with vignettes amongst the text, folio, (good condition, rebound). Note: This copy contains the suppressed plate of a caricature portrait of Dr. Cooke, Provost of Eton, as an Ass, teaching.
Estimate $200-400

Keywords

London, Ancient, Cooke