Philaster; The Provok'd Husband; The Fashionable Lover; The Countess of Salisbury
London: John Bell, 1793. Hardcover. Four plays bound together: Philaster: A Tragedy as altered from Beaumont and Fletcher (88 pages); The Provok'd Husband, or, A Journey to London: A Comedy by John Vanbrugh and C. Cibber (159, [1] pages, frontispiece of Mr. Wilson as Sir Francis Wronghead); The Fashionable Lover: A Comedy by Richard Cumberland (102 pages, frontispiece of Miss Chapman as Augusta Aubrey); The Countess of Salisbury: A Tragedy by Hall Hartson (74 pages, frontispiece of Mr. Middleton as Salisbury); 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 "18." Published by John Bell as part of his British Library series in 1791 and 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: 276. In Good+ Condition: minor loss at spine ends; rubbed; joints are tender; internally clean and solid. Good +. Item #011613
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