Theatre. Five sammelbands of plays, 18th-early 19th c, inclu...

Hammer

£190

Theatre. Five sammelbands of plays, 18th-early 19th c, including first editions and Irish imprints, comprising: 1) seven bound as one: Fielding (Henry), [Rape upon Rape]/ The Coffee House-Politician; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap, London: J. Watts, 1730; idem., The Modern Husband, conforming imprint and date to the latter; idem., The Letter-Writers, same imprint, 1750; King (Thomas), Love at First Sight, London: T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1763; Carey (Henry) & Smith (John Christopher), Teraminta. An Opera, first edition, London: J. Watts, half-title, extra-illustrated with a cut-out frontispiece, defective; [&] Miller's The Mother-in-Law, second edition, London: John Watts, 1735; 2) [Ireland] eight bound as one: Havard's King Charles I, London: John Bell, 1777, frontispiece; Gay's The Beggar's Opera, eleventh edition, London: s.n., n.d; Dibdin's The Waterman, first Irish edition, Dublin: Printed by Permission of the Company of Booksellers for John Beatty, 1777; Sheridan's The Governess, first edition, Dublin: s.n., 1777; Murphy's Know your own Mind, first Irish edition, Dublin: Printed by P. Higly, 1778, half-title; Mendez (Moses), The Chaplet, London: W. Oxlade, 1777, frontispiece, uncut; Young's The Revenge, Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Ewing, et al, 1764; [&] Garrick's Lethe, sixth edition, Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Ewing, 1759, contemporary Irish quarter-calf over marbled boards, early 19th c armorial bookplate of David Rochfort of County Limerick to pastedown, 12mo in 6s; 3) seven bound as one: Burgoyne's The Heiress, lacking title; Garrick's Clandestine Marriage, a comedy, lacking title; Whitehead's The Roman Author, first edition, London: R. Dodsley, 1750; Milton's Comus, seventh edition, London: R. Dodsley, 1744, half-title; Brooke's Rosina, thirteenth edition, London: T Cadell, 1790; Bickerstaffe's The Maid of the Mill, first edition, London: J. Newbery, et al, 1765; [&] Murphy's The Old Maid, London: P. Vaillant, n.d., late 18th c calf over marbled boards, vellum tips, 8vo; 4) Lee (Nathaniel), four dramas as one: The Rival Queens; Mithridates, King of Pontus; Cæsar Borgia; [&] Theodosius, London: Printed for J. Darby, et al., 1727-1728, the last two titles lacking their respective titles/divisional titles, contemporary speckled calf gilt, ffep with contemporary ownership manuscript inscription: Edm:d Brydges, No. 21, 12mo in 6s; 5) Selection Selection of English Plays, containing: Sheridan's The School for Scandal; Addison's Cato; Colman's & Garrick's The Clandestine Marriage; Cumberland's The West-Indian; [&] Sheridan's Pizarro, Paris: Printed for Theophilus Barrois, 1804, general half-title and divisional titles, bound in contemporary Parisian polished calf gilt, marbled endpapers, 12mo in 6s, (5)