May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 32

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Four 17th Century Quarto Plays.
Including:

1) The Rival Ladies. A Tragi-Comedy As it was Acted at the Theatre-Royal, London: printed for H. Herringman, 1669, second edition, 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in., Wing D-2347; MacDonald 67b; ESTC R6015.

2) Oedipus: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre, London: Printed for R. Bentley & M. Magnes, 1679, first edition, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in., Wing D-2322; MacDonald 83a; Pforzheimer 334; ESTC R22022.

3) Amboyna: A Tragedy. As it is Acted By Their Majesties Servants, London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1691, second edition, 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in., Wing D-2233; MacDonald 79b; W & M 384; ESTC R15677.

4) Albion & Albanius: An Opera, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1691, fourth edition, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in., Wing D-2226; MacDonald 88c; W & M 378; ESTC R25008; each play from the Thorn-Drury Library, each bound separately in uniform brown half morocco with reddish buckram boards. (4)