Dryden, and others, Collection of 32 plays, 3 volumes

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DRYDEN, JOHN

Collection of 32 plays by Dryden and others, in three volumes:

All for Love: or, the World Well Lost. A Tragedy. Thomas Newcomb for Henry Herringman, 1678, FIRST EDITION OF DRYDEN'S ADAPTATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S "ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA", [Wing D2229; MacDonald 82a], title leaf detached, cropped; D'Avenant, Sir William. The Siege of Rhodes: the First and Second Part. For Henry Herringman, 1663,[Wing D342]; and nine further plays in this volume (by John Crowne, Nathaniel Lee, William Joyner, Thomas Shadwell, Samuel Pordage, and others), at least one apparently incomplete, contemporary mottled calf, upper cover detached, some cropping, staining and spotting, covers worn at edges--The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniard: in Two Parts...the second edition.T[homas]. N[ewcomb]. for Henry Herringman, 1673, [Wing D2257; MacDonald 76b], lacking final blank, some slight cropping;Aureng-zebe, a Tragedy. J[ohn]. M[acock]. for Henry Herringman, 1685,second edition, [Wing, D2246; Macdonald 80b]; The Indian Emperour; or, The conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Being the sequel of The Indian queen.. For H. Herringman, 1686,fifth edition, [Wing D2293; MacDonald 69f]; Tyrannick love; or, the royal martyr. A tragedy.For H. Herringman, 1686, fourth edition [Wing D2396; MacDonald 74d]--Lee, Nathaniel. Sophonisba, or Hannibal’s overthrow. A tragedy. For J. Magnes and R. Bentley, 1676,with initial blank, [Wing L870]; with five further plays in this volume (by Colley Cibber, John Crowne, Thomas Otway, William Mountfort, and Elkanah Settle),some incomplete, contemporary mottled calf, joints repaired, upper joint cracked, some cropping, staining and spotting--[Caryll, John.] The English princess, or, The death of Richard the III. A tragedy. For Thomas Dring, 1667, first edition, [Wing C744; Pforzheimer, 135], ?lacking final blank--Banks, John. The Island Queens: or, the Death of Mary, Queen of Scotland. A Tragedy. For R. Bentley, 1684, [Wing B659]--Etherege, Sir George. The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub. For H. Herringman, 1689, [Wing E3371]--Powell, George. The Treacherous Brothers, a Tragedy.For James Blackwell, 1690, [Wing P3056]--Beaumont, Francis and John Fletcher [probably by Fletcher and Philip Massinger]. The prophetess: or, The history of Dioclesian. For Jacob Tonson, 1690, first separate edition, [Wing B1605], lacking epilogue leaf--Dryden, John. The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: an Opera.For J[ohn]. M[acock]. for Henry Herringman, 1690, sixth edition of Dryden's adaptation of Milton's Paradise Lost,lacking final advertisement leaf, [Wing D2376; Macdonald 81f]; with seven futher plays, by Dryden, Powell, Shadwell, William Mountfort, and Thomas Otway, near contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, spine partially defective, some staining, a few tears, some cropping; all 4to, 32 works in 3 volumes (3)

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