THE BRITISH DRAMA

A Collection Of The Most Esteemed Dramatic Productions,
With Biography Of The Respective Authors And Critique On Each Play

By Richard Cumberland, Esq.

IN FOURTEEN VOLUMES
VOLUMES IX, XII and XIII ONLY

1817
Cooke's Edition
Printed for C. Cooke, London

FULL LEATHER BINDINGS



Volume IX - Ben Jonson's Comedy of Every Man in His Humour; Sir John Vanbrugh's Comedy of The Mistake; Richard Cumberland's Comedy of The Brothers; Samuel Foote's Comedy of The Minor.

Volume XII - John Home's Tragedy of Douglas; Edward Moore's Tragedy of The Gamester; William Congrever's Tragedy of The Mourning Bride; James Thomson's Tragedy of Tancred and Sigismunda

Volume XIII - Thomas Otway's Tragedy of The Orphan, oe, The Unhappy Marriage; Aaron Hill's Tragedy of Zara; N. Rowe's Tragedy of Tamerlane; Arthur Murphy's Tragedy of The Grecian Daughter.

This set of British Drama, or Theatre comes smack in the midst of England's Regency period (1811-1820), you know, the time of Bridgerton, and theatre/plays was very big at the time. There are both comedies and tragedies in these volumes, the social mirror of the times. Not only do you get the play in these books, but also biographical sketches of the playwrights and Richard Cumberland's critiques of each play, plus, some very cool engraved illustrations.

Original copies of these books seem to be very scarce now. The books come in a full and decorative leather binding embellished and titled in gilt, with all page edges gilt and marbled endpapers. All boards are attached and the binding is in decent shape. There is some spine end chipping and edge wear. Volume 9 has burgundy color heavy duty archival tape on the spine with a small section of the original spine covering near the bottom. The first title pages of that volume are loose. Books have the bookplate of original owner Samuel Appleton (1766-1853), an American merchant and philanthropist, active in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Great Britain. Foxing in the interior, but mostly mild and sparse. Each volume approximately 3 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 1"

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