THE RIVAL QUEENS or THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1735); THE REVENGE: A Tragedy (1735); PHILOTAS: A Tragedy (1735); THE ISLAND PRINCESS or THE GENEROUS PORTUGUESE: Made into an Opera (1734) 4 PLAYS BOUND IN 1 VOLUME

Small 12mo. (approx. 17 x 10cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands and gilt rules and number 3 to spine. 72pp., with engraved Frontispiece (partially detached and a small hole to title page. Last page trimmed tight at foot, losing "Finis"); 71pp. plus 1pp. Epilogue, with engraved Frontispiece (NB: PP12 MIS-NUMBERED AS PP24); 70pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved Frontispiece; 72pp., lacking Frontispiece. Cast Lists to all four plays. Contemporary ink initials to ffep and lower corner of title page of first play. Occasional light foxing. Slight rubbing and light wear to spine. A few small marks to boards. 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.