BOUND COLLECTION OF 9 RESTORATION PLAYS, 1699 - 1709

London: various, 1704. Early Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Bound collection of nine Restoration plays, two of which are missing major sections, most printed between 1699-1704, all early editions of both major and minor works. Bound in contemporary or old calf, covers heavily worn and detached, some calf over spine perished, first two pages of first play loose. Leaves heavily toned. Bound in the following order... Shadwell, Tho. EPSOM WELLS A COMEDY ACTED AT THE DUKE's THEATRE London: Printed for R. Wellington, 1704. 88, (4)... Otway, Thomas. VENICE PRESERV'D, OR A PLOT DISCOVERED. A TRAGEDY THAT IS ACTED AT THE DUKE'S THEATRE. London: Printed for Benj, Took, 1704. (6), 62, (2)... Lee, Nat. (Nathaniel). Dryden, John (prologue by). THE RIVAL QUEENS; OR, THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT ACTED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL BY HER MAJESTIES SERVANTS. The Fifth Edition. London: R. Wellington. (6), 6, 49 -56. Misound; lacking pages 7-48... Banks, John.THE ALBION QUEENS: OR, THE DEATH OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND. A TRAGEDY. London: Printed by R. Wellington, 1704. 70... Lee, Nathaniel. SOPHONISBA: OR, HANNIBAL'S OVERTHROW: A TRAGEDY ACTED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL BY HER MAJESTIES SERVANTS. London: Printed for Tho. Chapman, 1709. (2), 58, (2). Most of page 3-4, missing... Farquhar, Mr. (George). THE RECRUITING OFFICER. A COMEDY. AS IT WAS ACTED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL IN DRURY-LANE, BY HER MAJESTY'S SERVANTS. The Fourth Edition Corrected, ( London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, circa 1708 -10). 71,(1). Bottom of the title page is torn away and missing... (Carlisle. James). (THE FORTUNE HUNTERS; OR, TWO FOOLS WELL MET. AS ACTED AT COVENT GARDEN) (1), 69, (1). Title page missing... Shadwell, Tho, THE SQUIRE OF ALSATIA. A COMEDY: AS IT IS ACTED BY THEIR MAJESTY'S SERVANTS. London: Printed for James Knapton, 1699. (8), 64... Dryden, Mr. John. AURENGE - ZEBE, OR THE GREAT MOGUL. A TRAGEDY. AS IT IS ACTED BY HER MAJESTY'S SERVANTS. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1704. (6), 20 pages only (missing rest of text).