Three Hours After Marriage : A Comedy, as It is Acted at the Theatre Royal
1717, First Edition. London : Printed for Bernard Lintot. Good copy only in later half red leather over red marbled boards. Corners and board margins rubbed. Spine gilt-tooled with raised bands, now rubbed along with joints and endbands. Marbled endpapers. Text block loose in its covers following the title page. The latter is dust-toned, with faint foxing to the margins throughout. Lacking epilogue leaf. Despite its faults, a well-preserved example. Item #470787
Physical description; [4], 80 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; Author's advertisement signed: John Gay, acknowledging the assistance of two unidentified friends (Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot). The ornaments are those used by William Bowyer. Subjects; English drama (Comedy) – 18th century. Restoration drama – 18th century.
Price: €295.00