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GORING, CHARLES. Irene, or The Fair Greek. A Tragedy. [16], 60 pages. first edition * VILLIERS, GEORGE, second Duke of Buckingham. The Rehearsal; A Comedy. Written by his Grace . . . To expose some Plays then in Vogue, and their Authors. xxiv, 72 pages. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, 19th-century 1/4 roan, spine badly worn, joints cracked, contents browned; and 12mo, mottled calf gilt by Morrell, scattered minor foxing. London: John Bayley, 1708; Henry Hills, 1709
scarce first edition of the first work, based on a story in Richard Knolles's 1603 Generall Historie of the Turkes that inspired Samuel Johnson's similarly-titled play. With a later edition of the Duke of Buckingham's 1672 lampoon of Restoration tragedies, including a key to the plays satirized.
