The Rival Queens or Alexander the Great, Theodosius, Tamberlane, Jane Shore, Tancred and Sigifmunda, The Apprentice, Flora or Hob in the Well

by Nathaniel Lee, Nicholas Rowe, James Thomson,

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Seven plays taken from the Managers Handbook of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. R Butters 79 Fleet Street and sold by all the booksellers in Town and Country. Ca 1750. 12mo 110mm x 180mm. Contemporary quarter calf on marbled boards in very worn condition, headbands missing. Some light foxing to the 6 engravings. Contemporary handwritten list of the 7 plays on front fly paper: Engraving Mr Pope as Alexander. The Rival Queens or Alexander the Great by Nathaniel Lee PP 43. Engraving Mr Smith As Varanes, Theodosius by Nathaniel Lee PP42, Engraving Mr Bensley as Bajazet. Tamberlane by N Rowe PP48. Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe. PP44. Engraving Mr Kenble as Tancred. Tancred and Sigifmunda by James Thomson. PP40. Engraving Mr Bannister Junr as Dick. The Apprentice by Mr Murphy. PP24. Detailed engraving Mr Ryder as Hob, Flora or Hob in the Well a Farce. PP24. All pages clean with bright print. A good collection.

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