Works, The by OTWAY, Thomas

London: Printed for T. Turner, 1813. The Works of Thomas Otway In a Fine and Handsome Contemporary Binding OTWAY, Thomas. The Works. In three volumes. With notes, critical and explanatory, and a life of the author, by Thomas Thornton, Esq. London: Printed for T. Turner, 1813. Three octavo volumes (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches; 190 x 124 mm.). [iv], lx, 247, [1, blank]; [iv], 396; [iv], 340, [3, advertisements], [1, blank] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece by Rivers in volume one. Contemporary full plum calf, covers elaborately stamped in gilt and blind, spines with three raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, elaborate gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. A fine set. Thomas Otway (1652-1685) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd. A tragedy (1682).