1808 Inchbald's Theatre

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding

A lovely early edition of this collection of plays with notes from Elizabeth Inchbald in half morocco bindings and paper covered boards. 

Twenty five volumes complete bound in eight. Undated, dated from Jisc. 

Densely illustrated with a monochrome plate frontispiece to each play. Collated, complete. 

Volume I includes A New Way to Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger, The Count of Narbonne by Robert Jephson, The Stranger by Benjamin Thompson, De Monfort by Joanna Baillie, and The Point of Honour by Charles Kemble.

Volume II includes Wild Oats, The Castle of Andalusia, and Fontainbleau by John O'Keeffe, with The Road to Ruin and The Deserted Daughter by Thomas Holcroft.

Volume III includes The Heiress by General Burgoyne, Know Your Own Mind by Arthur Murphy, Honey Moon by John Tobin, Belle's Stratagem and A Bold Stroke for a Husband by Mrs Cowley.

Volume IV includes The Wheel of Fortune, First Love, and The Jew by Richard Cumberland, and The Duenna and The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Volume V includes Lovers Vows, Such Things Are, Every One Has His Fault, Wives as They Were, and To Marry or Not to Marry by Mrs Inchbald.

Volume VI includes Speed the Plough, The Way to Get Married, A Cure for the Heart Ache, The School of Reform by Thomas Morton, and The Dramatist by Frederick Reynolds. 

Volume VII includes The Battle of Hexam, The Heir at Law, The Iron Chest, and The Mountaineers by George Colman.

Volume VIII includes Inkle and Yarico, The Surrender of Calais, The Poor Gentleman, and John Bull by George Colman.

Prior owner's book plates to the first pastedowns. From the library of C. Ibbetson.

Full pagination: 86, [2], 63, [2], 72, 93, 52pp; 85, 70, [2], 75, 96, 84pp; 91, [2], 105, 79, 86,81, [2]pp; 72, 75, 65, 74, 90pp; 72, 77, 88, 78, 66, [2]pp; 79, 82, [2], 82, 80, 70pp; 62, ix, 89, [2], 83, 66pp; 69, 64, [2], 87, 99pp