Theatre. A sammelband of seven plays, 18th c, comprising: 1)...

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Theatre. A sammelband of seven plays, 18th c, comprising: 1) Griffith (Mrs. Elizabeth), The Times: A Comedy,first edition, London: Fielding and Walker, et al, 1780, lacking half-title; 2) Colman (George), The Jealous Wife, first edition, London: Printed for J. Newbery, et al, 1761, lacking half-title; 3) Mason (William), Caractacus, York: Printed by A. Ward; et al, 1777, half-title; 4) idem, Elfrida, second edition, London: J. and P. Knapton, 1752, lacking half-title, red and black title-page; 5) [Martyn (Benjamin)], Timoleon. A Tragedy, first edition, London: J. Watts, 1730; 6) Dodsley (Robert), Cleone, first edition, London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1758, [&] 7) [Mallet (David)], Mustapha, first edition, London: A. Millar, 1739, each drama bound together in later 18th c sheep over marbled boards, split and worn, holding, 8vo; [&] [Walpole (Horace)], The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story, fourth edition, London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782, half-title, contemporary calf, split and boards loose, spine worn, ffep with a 19th c MS ownership note as to the provenance of the volume, via the Molyneux  and later Plumptre families of Paulton Manor, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, and then the Carters, their 20th c armorial bookplate, 8vo, (2)