Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays. Volume 4 only
Centlivre, Mrs., Hoadley, Dr., Steele, R. Et al.
Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays. Volume 4 only
Centlivre, Mrs., Hoadley, Dr., Steele, R. Et al.
Publisher: Published by John Bell, London
Date published: 1776
Format: Hardcover
, the second volumes of comedies - The Wonder, Rulea Wife and Have a Wife, The Suspicious Husband, The Conscious Lovers, & The Recruiting Officer, 70, 66, 74, 73, and 84 pages, each with indiviviual title page and 5 plates in total First Edition , front board missing, rear board well rubbed and loss of paper to boards, spine rubbed and chipped at head, occasional light spots and stains to pages, fair condition ,quarter brown calf with paper to boards, 5 raised bands 17.5 x 11 cm Hardback ISBN:
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the tenth. Being the fifth volume of tragedies. Containing Merope, by Aaron Hill. Barbarossa, by . Dr. Brown. Alzira, by Aaron Hill. Phædra and Hippolitus, by Mr. Smith. Oroonoko, by Thomas Southern
Hill; Brown; Smith; Southern
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the tenth. Being the fifth volume of tragedies. Containing Merope, by Aaron Hill. Barbarossa, by . Dr. Brown. Alzira, by Aaron Hill. Phædra and Hippolitus, by Mr. Smith. Oroonoko, by Thomas Southern
Hill; Brown; Smith; Southern
Publisher: London: printed for John Bell
Date published: 1777
Format: Hardcover
First edition thus, 12mo; [4];50;60;56;64,[2];80,[4]pp. With opening engraved frontispiece and general title page, and separate title pages, frontispieces and pagination/register for each play. In eighteenth century full leather over five raised spine bands with gilt lettered leather title and volume labels to second and third compartments respectively (binding a little worn, volume label chipped), remaining spine compartments gilt, original marbled endpapers, very light unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves but overall a very clean example. ESTC separately lists each volume of Bell's extensive dramatic collection; this volume (ESTC N62198) is listed at 4 UK and 6 US institutional locations.
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the fourteenth. Being the seventh volume of tragedies. Containing The Albion Queens, by Mr. Banks. Anna Bullen, by Mr. Banks. Mariamne, by Mr. Fenton. Ximena, by Mr. Cibber. The brothers, by Dr. Young
Banks; Fenton; Cibber; Young
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the fourteenth. Being the seventh volume of tragedies. Containing The Albion Queens, by Mr. Banks. Anna Bullen, by Mr. Banks. Mariamne, by Mr. Fenton. Ximena, by Mr. Cibber. The brothers, by Dr. Young
Banks; Fenton; Cibber; Young
Publisher: London: printed for John Bell
Date published: 1777
Format: Hardcover
First edition thus, 12mo; [4];64,[4];79,[1];64,[8];79,[5];62,[2]pp. With opening engraved frontispiece and general title page, and separate title pages, frontispieces and pagination/register for each play. In eighteenth century full leather over five raised spine bands (slightly worn, spine labels missing from second and third compartments), remaining spine compartments gilt, original marbled endpapers, very light unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves but overall a very clean example. ESTC separately lists each volume of Bell's extensive dramatic collection; this volume (ESTC N62147) is listed at no UK and 4 US institutional locations.
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the eighth. Being the fourth volume of comedies. Containing The funeral, by Sir Richard Steele. Love for love, by William Congreve, . The careless husband, by Colley Cibber, . The tender husband, by Sir Rich. Steele. The busy body, by Mrs. Centlivre
Steele; Congreve; Cibber; Centlivre
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the eighth. Being the fourth volume of comedies. Containing The funeral, by Sir Richard Steele. Love for love, by William Congreve, . The careless husband, by Colley Cibber, . The tender husband, by Sir Rich. Steele. The busy body, by Mrs. Centlivre
Steele; Congreve; Cibber; Centlivre
Publisher: London: printed for John Bell
Date published: 1777
Format: Hardcover
First edition thus, 12mo; [4];76,[8];96;83,[1];57,[3];81,[3]pp. With opening engraved frontispiece and general title page, and separate title pages, frontispieces and pagination/register for each play. In eighteenth century full leather over five raised spine bands with gilt lettered red title label to second compartment (slightly worn, volume label missing from third compartment, rear board dented midway along bottom edge), remaining spine compartments gilt, original marbled endpapers, very light unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves but overall a very clean example. ESTC separately lists each volumes of Bell's extensive dramatic collection; this volume (ESTC N62143) is listed at 3 UK and 5 US locations.
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the seventh. Being the fourth volume of tragedies. Containing The royal convert, by N. Rowe, . Alexander the Great, by N. Lee, . Mahomet, by the Rev. Mr. Miller. Theodosius, by N. Lee, . Lady Jane Grey, by N. Rowe, .
Rowe; Lee; Miller
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the seventh. Being the fourth volume of tragedies. Containing The royal convert, by N. Rowe, . Alexander the Great, by N. Lee, . Mahomet, by the Rev. Mr. Miller. Theodosius, by N. Lee, . Lady Jane Grey, by N. Rowe, .
Rowe; Lee; Miller
Publisher: London: printed for John Bell
Date published: 1776
Format: Hardcover
First edition thus, 12mo; [4];65,[7];57,[3];54,[6];74,[2];65,[5]pp. With opening engraved frontispiece and general title page, and separate title pages, frontispieces and pagination/register for each play. In eighteenth century full leather over five raised spine bands with gilt lettered leather title and volume labels to second and third compartments respectively (binding very lightly worn), remaining spine compartments gilt, original marbled endpapers, very light unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves, Lady Jane Gray pp.41-44 loose with chipped fore-edge, overall a very clean example. ESTC separately lists each volume of Bell's extensive dramatic collection; this volume (ESTC N62142) is listed at 4 UK and 5 US institutional locations.
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the thirteenth. Being the sixth volume of comedies. Containing The inconstant, by Farquhar. The double dealer, by Congreve. The foundling, by Mr. Moore. The Spanish fryar, by Dryden. The double gallant, by Cibber
Farquhar; Congreve; Moore; Dryden; Cibber
Bells British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays. Volume the thirteenth. Being the sixth volume of comedies. Containing The inconstant, by Farquhar. The double dealer, by Congreve. The foundling, by Mr. Moore. The Spanish fryar, by Dryden. The double gallant, by Cibber
Farquhar; Congreve; Moore; Dryden; Cibber
Publisher: London: printed for John Bell
Date published: 1777
Format: Hardcover
First edition thus, 12mo; [4];71,[1];82,[2];62,[2];92,[4];69,[3]pp. With opening engraved frontispiece, general title page, separate title pages, frontispieces and pagination/register for each play. In eighteenth century full leather over five raised spine bands with gilt lettered red title label to second compartment (slightly worn, volume label missing from third compartment), remaining spine compartments gilt, original marbled endpapers, very light unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves but overall a very clean example. ESTC separately lists each volumes of Bell's extensive dramatic collection; this volume (ESTC N62146) is listed at 3 UK and 4 US locations.
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