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Lot 84
[ENGLISH THEATRE] Sammelband of five plays.
Including comedies of manners and an adaptation of a Kotzebue tragedy, all dating from the last decade of the 18th century. In period half calf over marbled boards, later gilt spine label. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 10 1/2 cm). Binding rubbed and worn; front joint starting, occasional manuscript annotations, School for Scandal is incomplete and the title page is loose, ownership inscription in ink dated 1827, with the booklabel of William Safire.
An interesting sammelband comprising: [SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY.] The School for Scandal. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre, Smoke-Alley, Dublin. [Dublin?]: The Booksellers, 1793. [2 blank], [2], 7-123, [5] pp.; MORRIS, EDWARD. The Secret, a Comedy, in Five Acts, Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane. London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1799. The Third Edition; MORTON, THOMAS. A Cure for the Heart-Ach; A Comedy in Five Acts, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. London: T.N. Longman, 1797; SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY. Pizarro; a Tragedy in Five Acts; As Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane: Taken from the German Drama of Kotzebue; and Adapted to the English Stage. London: James Ridgway, 1799. Eighth Edition; INCHBALD, MRS. [ELIZABETH]. Lover's Vow. A Play in Five Acts. Performing at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. From the German of Kotzebue. London: G. and J. Robinson, 1798. Fourth Edition.
C From the Collection of the late William Safire
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