Eight 18th century English plays 1763-70
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Title: Bound volume of eight 18th century English plays
Place Published: London and Oxford
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Date Published: 1763-1770
Description: 8 plays in 1 volume. 21.4x13 cm (8½x5"), early quarter calf.Collection of plays in an early binding, with manuscript index on the front flyleaf. Includes works by John Home, Elizabeth Griffith, Richard Cumberland, and George Coleman the elder.Lot includes (bound in order):
[Home, John]. Douglas: A Tragedy. A New Edition. London: Printed for A Millar and sold by R. Cadell, 1769. With half-title. [vii], 70, (1-epilogue) pp.
[Kelly, Hugh]. Clementina, A Tragedy, As it is Perform'd with Universal Applause at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, and T. Cadell, 1771. With half-title. [xii], 66 pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 845; ESTC T2465.
[Home, John]. The Fatal Discovery. A Tragedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury Lane. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1769. [iv], 76, (2-epilogue) pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 840; ESTC T35427, variant with the single epilogue.
[Griffith, Elizabeth]. The School for Rakes: A Comedy. As it is Preformed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. The Second Edition. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1769. [viii], 92, (2-epilogue) pp. Second edition, published the same year as the first. NCBEL II, 835; ESTC T100613.
[Cumberland, Richard]. The Brothers: A Comedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1770. [vii], 72 pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 814; ESTC T129632, with the press figures called for.
Colman, George, the elder. The Jealous Wife: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane... The Third Edition. Oxford, Printed for J. Newbery; T. Becket; T. Davies; London; J. Jackson in Oxford; and A. Kincaid, Edinburgh, 1763. [viii], 100, (2-epilogue), (2 - ad.) pp. First Oxford edition; third edition overall. NCBEL II, 812; ESTC T29055.
[Colman, George, the elder]. Man and Wife; or, The Shakespeare Jubilee. A Comedy, in Three Acts. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. London: Printed for T. Becket and R. Baldwin, 1770. [vi], vi, 64 pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 812; ESTC T771.
[Colman, George, the elder]. The Oxonian in Town. A Comedy, in Two Acts. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. London: Printed for T. Becket and R. Baldwin, 1770. [viii], 29, (2-epilogue), (1-ads) pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 812; ESTC T770.
Author:
Title: Bound volume of eight 18th century English plays
Place Published: London and Oxford
Publisher:
Date Published: 1763-1770
Description: 8 plays in 1 volume. 21.4x13 cm (8½x5"), early quarter calf.Collection of plays in an early binding, with manuscript index on the front flyleaf. Includes works by John Home, Elizabeth Griffith, Richard Cumberland, and George Coleman the elder.Lot includes (bound in order):
[Home, John]. Douglas: A Tragedy. A New Edition. London: Printed for A Millar and sold by R. Cadell, 1769. With half-title. [vii], 70, (1-epilogue) pp.
[Kelly, Hugh]. Clementina, A Tragedy, As it is Perform'd with Universal Applause at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, and T. Cadell, 1771. With half-title. [xii], 66 pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 845; ESTC T2465.
[Home, John]. The Fatal Discovery. A Tragedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury Lane. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1769. [iv], 76, (2-epilogue) pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 840; ESTC T35427, variant with the single epilogue.
[Griffith, Elizabeth]. The School for Rakes: A Comedy. As it is Preformed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. The Second Edition. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1769. [viii], 92, (2-epilogue) pp. Second edition, published the same year as the first. NCBEL II, 835; ESTC T100613.
[Cumberland, Richard]. The Brothers: A Comedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1770. [vii], 72 pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 814; ESTC T129632, with the press figures called for.
Colman, George, the elder. The Jealous Wife: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane... The Third Edition. Oxford, Printed for J. Newbery; T. Becket; T. Davies; London; J. Jackson in Oxford; and A. Kincaid, Edinburgh, 1763. [viii], 100, (2-epilogue), (2 - ad.) pp. First Oxford edition; third edition overall. NCBEL II, 812; ESTC T29055.
[Colman, George, the elder]. Man and Wife; or, The Shakespeare Jubilee. A Comedy, in Three Acts. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. London: Printed for T. Becket and R. Baldwin, 1770. [vi], vi, 64 pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 812; ESTC T771.
[Colman, George, the elder]. The Oxonian in Town. A Comedy, in Two Acts. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. London: Printed for T. Becket and R. Baldwin, 1770. [viii], 29, (2-epilogue), (1-ads) pp. First Edition. NCBEL II, 812; ESTC T770.
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