THE SPANISH FRYAR or THE DOUBLE DISCOVERY (1753); THE WONDER: A WOMAN KEEPS A SECRET: A Comedy (1757); THE BEAUX STRATAGEM: A Comedy (1752); THE INCONSTANT or THE WAY TO WIN HIM: A Comedy (1751) 4 PLAYS BOUND IN 1 VOLUME

Small 12mo. (approx. 17 x 10cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands, numeral 2 to spine and gilt rules to spine and boards. 95pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; [6], 77pp., plus 1pp. Epilogue with engraved Frontispiece; 91pp. plus 3pp. Publisher's Advertisements; 84pp. Cast Lists to all 4 plays. Contemporary ink initials to ffep. Occasional light foxing or tanning to pages. Light wear and rubbing to spine. 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.