The works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. (7 volumes)

London : printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear’s Head over-against Chatherine-Street in the Strand, MDCCXI, 1711. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 volume set. Bound in handsome contemporary Cambridge-style calf. Gilt stamped spine. Clean, unmarked pages. Edges speckled red. xli, 4076 pages. 50 copper-engraved plates; Illustrations, portraits, 20 cm. Armorial bookplate of Rolle, "Nec Rege, Nec Populo Sed, Utroque." From the library of John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (1750-1842). Contents: v. 1. The maids tragedy. Philaster. A king and no king. The scornful lady. The custom of the country. The elder brother.--v. 2. The Spanish curate. Wit without mony. The beggars bush. The humorous lieutenant. The faithful shepherdess. The mad lover. The loyal subject.--v. 3. Rule a wife, and have a wife. The laws of Candy. The false one. The little French lawyer. The tragedy of Valentinian. Monsieur Thomas. The chances. The bloody brother.--v. 4. The wild-goose chase. A wife for a month. The lover's progress. The pilgrim. The captain. The prophetess. The queen of Corinth. Bonduca.--v. 5. The knight of the burning pestle. Loves pilgrimage. The double marriage. The maid in the mill. The knight of Malta. Love's cure. Women pleas'd--v. 6. The night-walker. The woman's prize. The island princess. The noble gentleman. The coronation. The coxcomb. The sea-voyage. Wit at several weapons.--v. 7. The fair maid of the inn. Cupid's revenge. The two noble kinsmen. Thierre and Theodoret. The woman-hater. The nice valour. The honest man's fortune. A masque at Grays-Inn, &c. Four plays, or moral representations, in one. <br> Refs: Lowndes I, 137. ESTC T138981. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.