Author: Congreve, William.
Title: The Works of Mr. William Congreve. In Three Volumes. Consisting of His Plays and Poems.
Description: Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville; for J. & R. Tonson, et. al. 1761. 0. Hardcover. Royal octavo. Three volumes. I: xxiv, [xvi], 358, [ii]pp,; II: 514, [ii]pp.; III: 514, [ii]pp. I: []4, a8-b8, B8-Z8, Aa4; II: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ii8, Kk2; III: []2, a4, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ii8, Kk2. With the usual cancels called for by Gaskell. Contemporary calf, repaired. With the engraved portrait of the author by T. Chambers after Sir Geoffrey Kneller, and 5 plates by Grignion after Hayman. Gaskell 16; Lewine, Bibliography of 18th Century Art & Illustrated Books, p. 117. First forty leaves of volume I somewhat stained. Good.

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