Twelve famous plays of the Restoration and eighteenth century
1933, First Edition. New York : The Modern library. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420761
Physical description; xxiii, 952 p ; 21 cm. Series; The Modern library of the world's best books. Notes; Illustrated endpapers. Introduction by Cecil A. Moore. Contents; The country wife / by William Wycherley - All for love or, The world well lost / by John Dryden - Venice preserv'd or, A plot discovered / by Thomas Otway - Love for love / by William Congreve - The provok'd wife / by John Vanbrugh - The way ofthe world / by William Congreve - The beaux' stratagem / by George Farquhar - The beggar's opera / by John Gay - The clandestine marriage / by David Garrick - She stoops to conquer or, The mistakes of a night / by Oliver Goldsmith - The rivals / by R.B. Sheridan - The school for scandal / by R.B. Sheridan. Subjects; English drama 18th century Collections. English drama Restoration, 1660-1700 Collected works.
Price: €18.95