ROMEO AND JULIET (1734); PEROLLA AND IZADORA: A Tragedy (1736); THE FAIR CIRCASSIAN: A Dramatic Performance plus OCCASIONAL POEMS (1743); THE RAPE OF PROSERPINE with the Episode of SEXTUS and ERICHTHO from PHARSALIA, Book VI (1723) 3 PLAYS and 2 poems BOU

Small 12mo. (approx. 17 x 10cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands and gilt rules to spine and blind-embossed decoration to boards. 84pp. with engraved frontispiece by P. Fourdrinier; 74pp., 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved Frontispiece (page numbers 58 and 59 transposed); [14] 49pp. plus 5pp. Publisher's Advertisements at end, with engraved Frontispiece; [18], 92pp. [40pp. Notes], with engraved frontispiece. Cast List to second play. Contemporary ink initials to front pastedown. Occasional light foxing. Title page and frontispiece of The Fair Circassian tanned (please see photos). Spine somewhat rubbed with faint cracks to upper surface of calf. Very light rubbing and scuffs to boards and corners (please see photos). Overall a Good Copy. This is one volume of a large collection of uniformly bound mainly 18th century collections of plays (generally 4 or 5 per volume) from the collection of the Vaughan Jenkins family of the Manor of Priston in Somerset. They were mostly bought at the time of publication in London (c.1713 - 1765, but some as early as 1655) and uniformly bound. Many of the volumes have the initials MCJ (Mary Caroline Jenkins, 1731-1790) or ED (Elizabeth Davis, nee Jenkins, 1736-1810) who were the daughters of Elizabeth Jenkins (1712-1766) and William Jenkins (1688-1774), who became Lord of the Manor of Priston in 1757 when the family moved from London. These books all remained at Priston until being inherited by the uncle of the vendor of the collection.