The Tender Husband; The Committee; The Natural Son; The Jealous Wife
London: John Bell, 1792. Hardcover. Four plays bound together: The Tender Husband, or, The Accomplished Fools: A Comedy by Richard Steel (91 pages, frontispiece of Mr. Baddeley as Sir Harry Gubbin); The Committee: A Comedy by R. Howard (119, [1] pages, frontispiece of Mr. Rock as Teague); The Natural Son: A Comedy by Richard Cumberland (88 pages, frontispiece of Mr. Parsons as Dumps); The Jealous Wife: A Comedy by George Colman (124 pages, frontispiece of Mr. Bensley as Oakly); 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 "20." Published by John Bell as part of his British Library series in 1791 and 1792. 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: 278. In Good+ Condition: rubbed; minor loss on spine along back joint; joints are tender; old ink spatter on front cover; scattered light foxing; otherwise, clean and solid. Good +. Item #011612
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