Bound volume of seven eighteenth-century Dublin printings of tragedies, 1769-1794

Collection of seven plays published in late 18th-century Dublin, many reprinting and in some cases adapting earlier plays.

Dublin: 1769-1794. Bound volume comprises:

• Dorothea Celisia. Almida, A Tragedy. As it is Performed at The Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane. By a Lady. Dublin: Printed for W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, H. Bradley, W. Sleater, D. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, J. Williams, W. Colles, R. Moncriefe, and T. Walker, 1771. 58, [2] pp. Adapted and translated from Voltaire's 'Tancrède'. ESTC T153160.


• Thomas Otway. Venice Preserved; Or, A Plot Discovered. A Tragedy. Dublin: Printed by P. Wogan, No. 23, Old Bridge, 1794. 59, [1] pp. ESTC T168311.


• [Henry Mackenzie]. The Prince of Tunis. A Tragedy. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. Dublin: Printed by Byrn and Son, No. 18, Sycamore Alley, For the Company of Booksellers, 1779. 68, [2] pp. First published at Edinburgh in 1773; published anonymously. ESTC T44322.


• Thomas Southerne. Isabella: Or the Fatal Marriage. A Play. Alter'd from Southern. As it is now performing at the Theater Royal in Drury Lane. Dublin: Printed for P. and W. Wilson, and W. Sleater, 1769. 60 pp. Original title, The Fatal Marriage: Or, The Innocent Adultery, which first appeared 1694. N8662/N28788.


• Robert Merry. Lorenzo, A Tragedy in five acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Dublin: Printed for W. Wilson, P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, J. Jones, A. Grueber, W. Jones, G. Draper, R. White, and J. Rice, 1791. iv, [2], 64, [2] pp. Lacks title page [pp. i-ii]. Name "Elizabeth Wilson" inked to p. iii in a period hand. ESTC T41249.


• [Horace Walpole]. The Count of Narbonne, A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden by Robert Jephson, Esq. Dublin: Printed by R. Marchbank, for the Company of Booksellers, 1781. [10], 57, [5] pp. Adapted from 'The Castle of Otranto', by Horace Walpole. NOTE: According to C.B.E.L. this is the first edition. ESTC T28326.


• [Paul Hifferman, Henry Jones, and Reddish]. The Heroine of the Cave. A Tragedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Dublin: Printed by W. Spotswood, for the United Company of Booksellers, 1775. 60 pp. "Dedication signed: Paul Hiffernan. Apparently left unfinished by Henry Jones of Drogheda, with additions and alterations by Hiffernan." -- ESTC T36171.

. Early calf with spine label reading "Select Tragedies" Binding dry, worn, rubbed, spine creasing, but intact. Bookplate removed, owner marks, occasional annotation, gentle toning, some leaves creased and/or soiled, several small tears. Good. Item #147

Price: $335.00