Bell's British Theatre, in 21 Volumes [7 vols only]

18mo. Vols. 2,4, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21. 1791-1793. Half calf, marbled paper boards. Engraved titles and frontispieces to each play. Leather is scuffed and worn, wear to corners, boards rubbed. Front joint to vol. 21 is cracked and loose. Bell's British Theatre was originally published by John Bell, Bookseller to HRH The Prince of Wales, between 1776-1778. It contains 140 plays across 21 books, of which 7 are offered here with 28 plays, including: Boadicea, Oroonoko, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Lady Jane Gray, The Suspicious Husband, The Carmelite, She Stoops to Conquer, Alzira, The Discovery, The Revenge, Theodosius, The Rival Queens, The Earl of Essex, Jane Shore, Edward the Black Prince, The Conscious Lover, King Charles I, The Siege of Damascus, The Provok'd Wife, The Funeral, The Tender Husband, Beaux Strategem, The Spanish Fryar, The Distrest Mother, Amphitryon, The Foundling, The Good Natured Man, The Brothers. 0.