BOUND VOLUME OF SEVEN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DUBLIN PRINTINGS OF TRAGEDIES, 1769-1794

7 works bound in 1, 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, overall good condition.

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

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