Dryden, John

THE COMEDIES, TRAGEDIES, AND OPERAS WRITTEN BY JOHN DRYDEN, ESQ; [VOLUME ONE ONLY]

London: printed for Jacob Tonson, at Gray’s-Inn-Gate in Gray’s-Inn-Lane; Thomas Bennet, at the Half-Moon; and Richard Wellington, at the Lute in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1701. First Folio Edition. Folio, [6], 326, 337-473, 472-480, 483-618, [2] pages; VG; Rebacked with early boards, label preserved. Shelf wear to boards, including rubbing and chipping to edges and corners. Boards show repairs to edges and corners. Spine slightly tanned. Archival repairs to endpapers. Text block lightly worn, with occasional minor chipping to edge and corners of pages. Vol. 1 only. Lacking pp. 327-336; complete in spite of pagination.

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NOTES

ESTC T143003; Macdonald, H. Dryden, 107.a.i.; This copy is an example of the smaller of the two variants with titlepages printed in red and black. Height: 35cm; gutter: 2.8cm. First line of imprint ends: "Gray’s-Inn-Lane". Also issued as part of: ’The works of the late famous Mr. John Dryden’, London, 1701.