1740-c1835 The Harrowing of Hell. A Miracle Play. Printed From The Auchinleck Manuscript; Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times: Being The Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. A Comedy call'd, The Election; And a Tragedy call'd, The Life and Death if Common-Sense. As it is Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market.

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Two volumes bound in one. In the full read cloth binding, with a gilt title to the spine. Two dramatic works dating from the 18th century, with 'The Harrowing of Hell' being a later 19th century reprint of this work. 'The Harrowing of Hell. A Miracle Play. Printed From The Auchinleck Manuscript', c1835 (Dated from the introduction). Printed from The Auchinleck Manuscript, a large illuminated manuscript which is held in the National Library of Scotland. 'The Harrowing of Hell' tells the story of Jesus descending into Hell to release Satan's prisoners, with a particular focus on Adam and Eve from the Book of Genesis. 'Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times: Being The Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. A Comedy call'd, The Election; And a Tragedy call'd, The Life and Death if Common-Sense. As it is Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market.', 1740. This dramatic work was one that popularised Henry Fielding as a playwright. Fielding was a novelist and dramatist of the 18th century who is perhaps best remembered for his novel 'Tom Jones'. A unusual collection of plays, bound together by a previous owner. The early work 'Pasquin' is more heavily age toned, than ''The Harrowing of Hell' as to be expected.