Lot 9•
CHIVALRY FAVYN (ANDRE) The Theater of Honour and Knight-hood. Or, A Compendious Chronicle and Historie of the whole Christian World, 2 vol. in 1, William Jaggard, 1623
26 June 2019, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£800 - £1,200
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CHIVALRY
FAVYN (ANDRE) The Theater of Honour and Knight-hood. Or, A Compendious Chronicle and Historie of the whole Christian World, 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, 12 sheets of woodcut armorials, orders & decorations (printed on recto), further armorials in the text, lacking final blank, occasional soiling, title and last leaf slightly creased, small hole in S4 affecting 2 or 3 letters, bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt with raised bands and red morocco label, upper joint cracking at top [ESTC S121368], folio, William Jaggard, 1623
Footnotes
"This elaborate and beautiful book... is a far more sophisticated production than [Shakespeare's] First Folio. Jaggard started production on the Theater at about the same time as work on the First Folio commenced, early in 1622. The two books shared a similar schedule... and they were finished late in 1623, just after William Jaggard had died" (University of Iowa website). Favyn's book uses the same emblematic head- and tail-pieces, and was received by the Bodleian on the same day as the First Folio, 17 February 1624. It includes information regarding jousts, combats and ceremonies in addition to heraldic matters.