Item #011610 The Distrest Mother; The Earl of Essex; Medea; The Gamesters; The Battle of Hastings. Jean Racine, Ambrose Philips, Henry Jones, Richard Glover, Charles Johnson, James Shirley, Richard Cumberland.
The Distrest Mother; The Earl of Essex; Medea; The Gamesters; The Battle of Hastings
The Distrest Mother; The Earl of Essex; Medea; The Gamesters; The Battle of Hastings
The Distrest Mother; The Earl of Essex; Medea; The Gamesters; The Battle of Hastings
The Distrest Mother; The Earl of Essex; Medea; The Gamesters; The Battle of Hastings
The Distrest Mother; The Earl of Essex; Medea; The Gamesters; The Battle of Hastings

The Distrest Mother; The Earl of Essex; Medea; The Gamesters; The Battle of Hastings

London: John Bell, 1799. Hardcover. Five plays bound together: The Distrest Mother: A Tragedy translated by Ambrose Philips from the Andromaque of Racine (80 pages, frontispiece of Mr. Farren as Orestes); The Earl of Essex: A Tragedy by Henry Jones (79 pages, frontispiece of Mr. Wroughton as Earl of Essex); Medea: A Tragedy by Mr. Glover (78 pages, frontispiece of Mrs. Siddons as Medea); The Gamesters: A Comedy by Shirley and C. Johnson (106 pages, frontispiece of Miss Farren as Penelope); The Battle of Hastings: A Tragedy by Richard Cumberland (79 pages, frontispiece of Mr. Bensley as Harold); 15 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment "British Theatre," and volume number in fourth compartment "6." Published by John Bell as part of his British Library series in 1791, 1792, and 1799. Former owner's armorial bookplate on front free endpaper: "Rogers" with motto "Nos Nostraque Deo." Small oval label on front fixed endpaper with handwritten number: 264. In Very Good- Condition: rubbed; front joint weak; internally clean and solid. Very Good -. Item #011610

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