ALCIBIADES: A Tragedy (1734); DON CARLOS, PRINCE OF SPAIN: A Tragedy (1734); THEODOSIUS or THE FORCE OF LOVE: A Tragedy (1734); HEROICK LOVE: a Tragedy (1732) 4 PLAYS BOUND IN 1 VOLUME

12mo. (approx. 17 x 9.5cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands and gilt rules to spine. 71pp., plus 1pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; 71pp., plus 1pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; ; 84pp. with engraved Frontispiece; [12], pages numbered from 97-161, plus 2pp. Epilogue. Cast Lists to all four plays. Contemporary ink initials to front pastedown. Ffep removed, leaving top corner intact. A few small ink splashes to Preface of last play. Occasional light foxing. Some wear and rubbing to spine and 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.