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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.

7 x 4, full calf, engraved plates and title pages, heavily worn, a couple boards detached, remaining boards holding, a couple of the engraved title pages gone, text blocks sound, most of the red morocco spine labels gone. FIRST ED.

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.

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.