OROPASTE or LE FAUX TONAXARE: Tragedie (1663); LES AMOURS DE JUPITER ET DE SEMELE: Tragedie (1666); LA FESTE DE VENUS: Comedie (1669); LE JEUNE MARIUS: Tragedie (1669)

12mo. (approx. 15.5 x 8.5cm) hardback in original 17th Century full calf, raised bands and decorative gilt to spine. All edges speckled red. ALL PLAYS IN FRENCH. [12], 93pp.; [12], 94pp.; [10], 108pp.; [10], 83pp. Eighteenth century ink initials to ffep. Tab with handwritten "Tragedie Mrr. Boyer" pasted to lower edge of p.70 of first play so that it hangs out at the base of the book (please see photos). There are some illegible ink scribbles to the reverse of this tab. A page has been removed before the title page of the second play which (from remaining stub) appears to be another title page of the first play misbound. Occasional light foxing and some water stains to foredge of first few pages of first play. A small area of old worming to foot of spine and some wear and rubbing, including some loss of calf to edges 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.