James Marcus Babo (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Extracted, engraved frontis(ii)96 pages, largely uncut as issued, still VERY GOOD.

8vo, pp. [iv], 99 [1], [iv], 172; [iv], 96 + 3 frontispieces. Contemporary red morocco, spine divided by elaborate gilt rules, second compartment lettered in gilt direct, other compartments tooled in gilt, boards bordered with gilt rules enclosing lozenge outlines blocked in gilt, edges gilt. Some spotting, particularly to title-pages, some offsetting from plates. Rubbed, worn to extremities, joints cracked. Booklabel of Camilla Dufour to pastedown. Three German plays translated by Benjamin Thompson (1775/6-1816), all later reissued in his six-volume ?The German Theatre.? This copy belonged to a Camilla Dufour, perhaps the singer and sometime actor of the same name, active on the London stage around 1800 and later the wife of chess player and teacher Jacob Henry Sarratt. ESTC N12832; ESTC T60679.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 6 volumes in beautiful leather bindings. A matched set in very good condition. Each volume measures 5.5 x 8.5. All are dated 1801. A collection of German plays. Volume 1 contains: Life of Kotzebue; Stranger; Rolla, Virgin of the Sun; Pizarro. Each play has its own title page and pagination. Each has an engraved frontispiece as well. Volume 2 contains: Lover's Vows; Adelaide of Wulfingen; Count Benyowsky Volume 3 contains: Deaf and Dumb; Indian Exiles; False Delicacy; Happy Family. Volume 4 contains: Otto of Wittelsbach; Dagobert; Conscience. Volume 5 contains: The Robbers; Don Carlos.Volume 6 contains: Ensign; Count Koenigsmark; Stella; Emilia Galotti. All 6 volumes in very good condition. Marbled endpapers, spines decorated and labeled in gold. Early 19th century binding. Please email to request photos.