Love Makes a Man; Alzira; The School for Wives; The School for Lovers
London: John Bell, 1793. Hardcover. Four plays bound together: Love Makes a Man, or The Fop's Fortune: A Comedy by Colley Cibber (120 pages, frontispiece of Mr. Quick as Don Lewis); Alzira: A Tragedy by Aaron Hill (84 pages, frontispiece of Mrs. Merry as Alzira); The School for Wives: A Comedy by Hugh Kelly (132 pages, frontispiece of Mrs. Hunter as Belville); The School for Lovers: A Comedy by William Whitehead (87 pages, frontispiece of Miss Heard as Celia); 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 "7." Published by John Bell as part of his British Library series in 1791-1793. 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: 265. In Good- Condition: rubbed; loss at ends of spine and along back joint; joints are weak; internally clean and solid. Good -. Item #011611
Price: $45.00