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SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Julius Caesar. A Tragedy As it is Now Acted at the Theatre Royal. London: Printed by H. H. Jun. for Hen. Heringman and R. Bentley, 1684. 4° (219 x 165mm). Title with woodcut ornament consisting of repeated massed fleur-de-lys, and 60 pages (minor worming affecting title and touching last 'e' of Shakespeare, also affecting first 34 pages of text, touching a few letters, not touching letters on rectos, lightly browned and stained mainly at edges, a few spots). FIRST QUARTO AND FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Arber II, 64; Bartlett 112; Jaggard p.319; Lowndes VI, 2283; Wing S2925.
[bound with:]
SHAKESPEARE, William. Othello, the Moor of Venice. A Tragedy As it hath been divers times Acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friars: And now at the Theatre Royal, by His Majesties Servants. London: Printed for Richard Bentley and S. Magnes, 1687. 4° (218 x 157mm). Title, one-page publisher's catalogue (recto) and Dramatis Personae (verso), and 76-pages (B2 torn without loss at lower forecorner, lightly browned, some light spotting). Jaggard p.422: "... edited by John Dryden ..."; Lowndes VI, 2291; Wing S2941.
[bound with 10 other plays, namely:]
[DRYDEN, John (1631-1700) & Nathaniel LEE (?1653-92). Oedipus. London: 1679. 80pp. (lacking title, worming towards end) [and:] John BANKS (fl.1696). The Unhappy Favourite: or the Earl of Essex. A Tragedy. London: Richard Bentley, 1693. 64pp. (Wormtracks at beginning and end) [and:] John BANKS. The Island Queens: Or, The Death of Mary, Queen of Scotland. A Tragedy. London: R. Bentley, 1684. 70pp. [and:] Nathaniel LEE. Constantine the Great; A Tragedy. London: H. Hills, 1684. 60pp. (small rusthole in title and in final leaf) [and:] [John FLETCHER (1579-1625)]. Valentinian: A Tragedy. As 'tis Alter'd by the late Earl of Rochester. London: Timothy Goodwin, 1685. 83pp. (piece torn away from margin of one leaf) [and:] John FLETCHER. Rollo, Duke of Normandy: or, the Bloody Brother. A Tragedy. London: R. Holt, 1686. 60pp. [and:] Nathaniel LEE. The Rival Queens, or, the Death of Alexander the Great. London: Richard Bentley, 1690. 56pp. [and:] [Anon.] The Banish'd Duke: or, the Tragedy of Infortunatus. London: R. Baldwin, 1690. 54pp. Half title (wormtracks towards the end) [and:] George POWELL (?1658-1714). Alphonso King of Naples. A Tragedy. London: Abel Roper, 1691. 48pp. (wormtracks at the beginning). [and:] Aphra BEHN (1640-89). Abdelazer: or, the Moor's Revenge. A Tragedy. London: Thomas Chapman, ?1692. 58pp. only (lacks all after p.58, foot of title cropped affecting letters, some mainly marginal worming). Together 12 plays bound in one volume, contemporary calf (rather worn, joints split, rubbed and scuffed, particularly at corners). Provenance: old inscriptions and doodling on pastedowns with a few partly legible names: "W. Adam my love", "Alexander Diliman", "John Williams", "Eliza Diliman", "Mrs Elizabeth."
Included in the lot is a fine 17th-century carved oak chest which had been used to store the book, according to the vendor, "for as long as I can remember."
[bound with:]
SHAKESPEARE, William. Othello, the Moor of Venice. A Tragedy As it hath been divers times Acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friars: And now at the Theatre Royal, by His Majesties Servants. London: Printed for Richard Bentley and S. Magnes, 1687. 4° (218 x 157mm). Title, one-page publisher's catalogue (recto) and Dramatis Personae (verso), and 76-pages (B2 torn without loss at lower forecorner, lightly browned, some light spotting). Jaggard p.422: "... edited by John Dryden ..."; Lowndes VI, 2291; Wing S2941.
[bound with 10 other plays, namely:]
[DRYDEN, John (1631-1700) & Nathaniel LEE (?1653-92). Oedipus. London: 1679. 80pp. (lacking title, worming towards end) [and:] John BANKS (fl.1696). The Unhappy Favourite: or the Earl of Essex. A Tragedy. London: Richard Bentley, 1693. 64pp. (Wormtracks at beginning and end) [and:] John BANKS. The Island Queens: Or, The Death of Mary, Queen of Scotland. A Tragedy. London: R. Bentley, 1684. 70pp. [and:] Nathaniel LEE. Constantine the Great; A Tragedy. London: H. Hills, 1684. 60pp. (small rusthole in title and in final leaf) [and:] [John FLETCHER (1579-1625)]. Valentinian: A Tragedy. As 'tis Alter'd by the late Earl of Rochester. London: Timothy Goodwin, 1685. 83pp. (piece torn away from margin of one leaf) [and:] John FLETCHER. Rollo, Duke of Normandy: or, the Bloody Brother. A Tragedy. London: R. Holt, 1686. 60pp. [and:] Nathaniel LEE. The Rival Queens, or, the Death of Alexander the Great. London: Richard Bentley, 1690. 56pp. [and:] [Anon.] The Banish'd Duke: or, the Tragedy of Infortunatus. London: R. Baldwin, 1690. 54pp. Half title (wormtracks towards the end) [and:] George POWELL (?1658-1714). Alphonso King of Naples. A Tragedy. London: Abel Roper, 1691. 48pp. (wormtracks at the beginning). [and:] Aphra BEHN (1640-89). Abdelazer: or, the Moor's Revenge. A Tragedy. London: Thomas Chapman, ?1692. 58pp. only (lacks all after p.58, foot of title cropped affecting letters, some mainly marginal worming). Together 12 plays bound in one volume, contemporary calf (rather worn, joints split, rubbed and scuffed, particularly at corners). Provenance: old inscriptions and doodling on pastedowns with a few partly legible names: "W. Adam my love", "Alexander Diliman", "John Williams", "Eliza Diliman", "Mrs Elizabeth."
Included in the lot is a fine 17th-century carved oak chest which had been used to store the book, according to the vendor, "for as long as I can remember."
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