Lot 1050/0216

SOLD Hammer price: €450, Estimate: €400-600

Collection of 17th Century Plays

Lees Plays: 1. Lee (Nathaniel) Mithridates King of Pontus, A Tragedy, 4to L. 1678. First Edn. [10], [78]pp.
2. Lee (N.) The Tragedy of Nero, Emperor of Rome, 4to L. 1675. First Edn. [VIII], 54, [1]pp.
3. Crowne (John) The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian, In Two Parts, 4to L. 1677. First Edn. [XVI], [56]pp + [VIII] 64pp.
4. Lee (N.) The Rival Queens, or The Death of Alexander The Great, 4to L. 1677. First Edn. [XII], [66]pp.
5. Lee (N.) Sophonisba, or Hannibal’s Overthrow. A Tragedy, 4to L. 1676. First Edn. B1 lacking.
6. Lee (N.) Gloriania, of The Court of Augustus Caesar, 4to L. 1676. First Edn. [VI], [68]pp.
7. Anon. Andromache. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theatre, 4to L. 1675. First Edn. [8]pp, 48pp. Together 7 separate works, plus other items (mostly defective) cont. calf, broken, needs rebinding. As a coll. of Plays, w.a.f. Important collection. (1)