Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

79 c   DRYDEN, JOHN. The Kind Keeper; or, Mr. Limberham: A Comedy. [8], 65, [3] pages, with prologue leaf bound at end. 4to, 205x157 mm, brown levant by Riviere & Sons, top raised band chipped, front joint starting at top; contents washed with residual toning, margins trimmed not affecting text, A2.3 shaved along bottom edge. London: R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1680 [300/500] first edition of a satire of aristocratic sexual behavior. Macdonald 85a; Pforzheimer 329; Wing D2297. 80 c   DRYDEN, JOHN. Bound volume containing 8 plays. 4to, 205x151 mm, 20th-century brown calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine slightly faded; contents heavily browned with occasional marginal dampstaining, some headlines and direction lines shaved. first editions , except where noted. London, 1671-80 [1,000/2,000] An Evening’s Love. Or the Mock-Astrologer. [Second edition.] [18], 89, [3] pages. Title and next leaf chipped along edges and rehinged. [London]: T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1671. Macdonald 75b; Pforzheimer 325; Wing D2274. Marriage A-la-Mode. A Comedy. [12], 85, [3] pages, including final blank. London: T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673. Macdonald 77a; Pforzheimer 330; Wing D2306. Aureng-Zebe. A Tragedy. [12], 86, [2] pages, including final epilogue leaf. London: T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1676. Macdonald 80a; Pforzheimer 319; Wing D2245. The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards . . . Third Edition. [20], 62, [2]; [4], 63-150 pages. 2 parts in one volume. London: H. Hills for Henry Herringman, 1672. Macdonald 76c; Wing D2258. The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. [Second Edition.] [20], 44 pages. London: H. H. for Henry Herringman, 1678. Maconald 81b; Wing D2373. All for Love; or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy. [20], 78, [2] pages, including final epilogue leaf. London: Tho. Newcomb for Henry Herringman, 1678. This was Dryden’s adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra. Macdonald 82a; Wing D2229. Oedipus: A Tragedy. [8], 78, [2] pages, including final epilogue leaf. London: R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1679. Macdonald 83a; Pforzheimer 334; Wing D2322. The Kind Keeper; or, Mr. Limberham: A Comedy. [8], 65, [3] pages, with prologue leaf bound at end. London: R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1680. Macdonald 85a; Pforzheimer 329; Wing D2297. 81 c   SHADWELL, THOMAS. The Libertine: A Tragedy. [12], 85, [2] pages. 4to, 206x157 mm, 19th-century sprinkled calf, rebacked retaining most of original backstrip; contents toned, occasional offsetting of text, some page numbers shaved, front free endpaper loose. London: T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1676 [300/500] first edition . Wing S2857. 82 c   SHADWELL, THOMAS. The Scowrers. A Comedy. [4], 53, [3] pages, including final ad leaf. Small 4to, 214x152 mm, modern 1 / 4 leather; contents toned, title and last page browned, top line shaved on title and verso of next leaf, few words inked out on page 48. London: James Knapton, 1691 [250/350] first edition . Pforzheimer 875; Wing S2872. ENGLISH PLAYS LOTS 79 - 93