Item #259 The Works of Mr. William Congreve. In Three Volumes. Consisting of his Plays and Poems. William Congreve.
The Works of Mr. William Congreve. In Three Volumes. Consisting of his Plays and Poems
The Works of Mr. William Congreve. In Three Volumes. Consisting of his Plays and Poems
The Works of Mr. William Congreve. In Three Volumes. Consisting of his Plays and Poems

The Works of Mr. William Congreve. In Three Volumes. Consisting of his Plays and Poems

Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J and R. Tonson, in the Strand, London, 1761. Collected works of Congreve published by Baskerville, the noted printer and type designer, featuring an engraved portrait frontispiece as well as five plates preceding some of the respective works. Contents include The Old Batchelor, The Double Dealer, Love for Love, The Way of the World, The Mourning Bride, The Judgment of Paris, Semele, Poems Upon Several Occasions, and A Letter to Mr. Dennis. In Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day (1919), character William Rodney, with a tumbler of whiskey in one hand, in his other hand offers his guest “the Baskerville Congreve . . . I couldn’t read him in a cheap edition.”

8vo. 3 vols. (paginates to Gaskell). ESTC T26067. Gaskell 16. About very good in contemporary mottled calf which is rubbed and scuffed, particularly the spines, hinges cracked, and foxing and toning throughout.
Item #259

Price: $300.00

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