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DRYDEN, JOHN. Bound volume containing first editions of 5 plays and 2 miscellaneous works. 4to, 211x157 mm, modern 1/2 calf; internal condition details noted below. London, 1678-94
All for Love; or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy. [20], 78, [2] pages, including final epilogue leaf. Contents heavily browned, title tissue-mounted, scattered rust stains. London: Tho. Newcomb for Henry Herringman, 1678. This was Dryden's adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra. Macdonald 82a; Wing D2229.
Troilus and Cressida; or, Truth Found Too Late. A Tragedy . . . To which is prefix'd, A Preface containing the Grounds of Criticism in Tragedy. [26] (instead of [24]), 69, [3] pages, including leaf with poem "To Mr. Dryden" by R. Duke found in some copies, and final ad leaf. Title and next leaf tissue-mounted, marginal dampstaining through most of volume with traces of mold and occasional holes not affecting text. London: Jacob Tonson and Abel Swall, 1679. Dryden's adaptation included a fifth act written by him; issue with Tonson's name preceding Swall's in the imprint. Macdonald 84ai; Wing D2388.
King Arthur; or, The British Worthy. A Dramatic Opera. [14], 51, [1] pages, including half-title, leaf with Prologue to the Opera, and cancel last leaf with Epilogue on verso. Occasional light toning and foxing. London: Jacob Tonson, 1691. Dryden's libretto only; the music by Henry Purcell was never published. Macdonald 91aii; Wing D2299.
Cleomenes, the Spartan Heroe. A Tragedy. [16], 28, 72 pages. Contents relatively clean, repaired hole in blank portion of F4. London: Jacob Tonson, 1692. Macdonald 92; Wing D2254.
Love Triumphant . . . A Tragi-Comedy. [10] (of [12]), 82, [2] pages; lacks half-title. Intermittent heavy browning, scattered stains. London: Jacob Tonson, 1694. Macdonald 93a; Wing D2302.
Eleonora: A Panegyrical Poem: dedicated to the Memory of the late Countess of Abingdon. [8], 24 pages. London: Jacob Tonson, 1692. Contents toned. Macdonald 29; Wing D2270.
The Vindication: or the Parallel of the French Holy-League and the English League and Covenant, turn'd into a Seditious Libell against the King and his Royal Highness, by Thomas Hunt and the Authors of the Reflections upon the Pretended Parallel in the Play called The Duke of Guise. [4], 60 pages, including initial blank. Contents generally clean. London: Jacob Tonson, 1683. Macdonald 130; Wing D2398.
