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46 volumes in the series with a total of 140 plays, each with a separate title page, pagination, and register. Each volume with added engraved general title; each play with an engraved frontispiece showing an actor in a leading part. This is volume 5 containing the following plays: [no. 1] All for love / by John Dryden. [no. 2] The orphan / by Thomas Otway. [no. 3] Tancred and Sigismunda / by James Thomson. [no. 4] The London merchant / by George Lillo. [no. 5] Isabella / by Thomas Southerne. Front cover partially loose.

All still well bound with some wear to leather as expected on a set of this age (no boards detached). Each play starts with a plate, an engraving of an actor from that play. Marbled end-papers. Interiors generally in nice clean condition with just a bit of age staining - no deliberate marks. Bookplates inside cover & on fep, owner's name on back of fep dated 1791. Vol 1 was 1776 & completed with 20 in 1778. Last vol contains index to plays in all vols. Spines with gilt decoration have lost some of their labels (see pic). Heavy - Weighs about 10kg additional P&P may be requested, please ask bookseller for a quote stating destination before ordering.

Full contemporary aniline calf, edge-worn and browned. Hinges cracked; all spines glazed (amateurishly) with a glossy resin. Bookplate of William Draper to each paste-down. Internally, exceptionally well-preserved. Scans on request. ; 0 pages; Subject: Theater (Plays) -England-London-History-18th century, Early works to 1800. Addison, Joseph, (1672-1719) . Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749) . Jonson, Ben, (1573? -1637) . Cibber, Colley, (1671-1757) . &c. &c. 100 plays, issued separately, each with seperate title-page, engraved general title page, and front. , showing an actor in a leading part. 15 Kg.