1701 JOHN DRYDEN Comedies Tragedies & Operas 2 FOLIO VOLUMES antique in ENGLISH

The Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas...
Now First Collected Together, and Corrected from the Originals

by Dryden, John

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, Thomas Bennet, Richard Wellington; 1701


Two volumes.


[ii], 618; [1], 558 pp.


(Folio) 35.5x22 cm (14x8½"),


Original full calf, rebacked with modern leather, morocco labels to spines lettered in gilt.

First Folio Edition.



Ownership inscriptions from Hannah Thompson.

Dryden's "First Folio."

Dryden's plays were first collected as early as 1682, although early editions were simply quarto volumes of his plays bound together with a general title, erratic in terms of quality and completeness.

This 1701 Tonson folio is the first in this format, and the first to aim at comprehensiveness and accuracy.


Boards worn,  rebacked with modern spines; ownership inscriptions, some toning and staining, few paper repairs

Text in English
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