Lady Jane Gray. A Tragedy. [Bound with:] The Suspicious Husband. A Comedy. [And:] The Carmelite. A Tragedy. [And:] She Stoops to Conquer, or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. [And:] Alzira. A Tragedy.

  • Rowe, Nicholas; Benjamin Hoadly; Richard Cumberland; Oliver Goldsmith; Aaron Hill
  • London: Printed for the Proprietors, under the Direction of John Bell 1791
  • ESTC N19222; T48990; N15135; N24415; N15112.

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Description

5 vols bound as 1, 12mo, pp. 92, 85-88; 112; 75, [1]; 106, [2]; 84 + frontispiece for each work. Near-contemporary calf, edges sprinkled in red. Some light spotting. Rubbed, particularly to spine, front joint cracking at foot. Ownership inscription of Mrs James Brown to pastedown, title list to flyleaf in same hand.

Notes

A collection of five plays, each of which was issued separately, and also sold as part of Bell's British Theatre. Aaron Hill's Alzira is based upon Alzire by Voltaire.

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