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A collection of plays performed at Drury-Lane/Covent-Garden/Hay-Market, the book includes the following comedies: 1.False Delicacy, by Hugh Kelly [1795]; 2.Three Weeks After Marriage; A Farce, by Arthur Murphy [1805]; 3.The Lame Lover, by Samuel Foote [1794]; 4.The Lying Valet; A Farce, by David Garrick [1806];5.Midas; An English Burletta, by Kane O'Hara [1802];6.The Orators, by Samuel Foote [1794]; 7.The Irish Widow, by David Garrick [1794]; 8.The Author, by Samuel Foote [1794]; 9.The Devil Upon Two Sticks, by Samuel Foote [1794];10.The Nabob, by Samuel Foote [1794]; 11.The Cozeners, by Samuel Foote [1794]; Taste, by Samuel Foote [1794]; 12.The Patron, by Samuel Foote [1794];13.The Tailors; A Tragedy for Warm Weather, Author Unknown [1794].Various publishers, including Bell, Cawthorn, Jarvis, and Roach. Quarter-calf & vellum binding with raised bands, oxblood title label, and gilt lettering/ruling. Six engraved plates depicting actors in their roles / scenes from the plays. Signed/inscribed by Elizabeth Greenly. The book, I am told, by the person I bought it from, is from the library of Elizabeth Greenly (1771-1839) of Titley Court, Herefordshire, and the signature inside the front board appears to correspond. Elizabeth was a noted member of the family, being acquainted with Lord Byron and Marie Antionette and King George III, and her diaries kept from 1784 until six months before her death 1839 provide an insight into the life of a 'county lady' of the period (see the greenlyhistory website for fuller information). Size - 16mo, c. 5.25 x 3.25 x 2 inches, pp - about 600. Book condition - Good plus ; contents clean, inscription inside front board and list of contents hand-written on the front flyleaf and an inscription of the (blank) recto of the first plate, no others, some pages show various degrees of tanning and there are odd pages with minor foxing, binding very firm with inner hinges intact ; calf spine piece with five raised bands and title in gilt on red label, vellum boards ; corners somewhat rubbed and bent but not split, back vellum dusty but no real marks, back hinge sound with no splitting, spine complete with ends intact, spine leather shows some marking but nothing disfiguring, spine gilt somewhat rubbed but all still distinct, front hinge sound with no splitting, front board vellum again dusty and with minor marking. A unique collection. More information or images gladly provided on request - click on the link 'Ask bookseller a question' immediately below.
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