1765 2vols Plays of SIR JOHN VANBRUGH Drama THEATRE - eBay (item 110449110187 end time Nov-04-09 11:45:56 PST)


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Binding:	Fine Binding	Special Attributes:	--
Subject:	Fiction	Printing Year:	1765
	Plays	Language:	English

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Plays written by Sir John Vanbrugh

In Two Volumes

Volume I and II

1765 - Dublin - For J. Exshaw

7" by 4" - 332, 306pp

DETAILS

Original full calf leather bindings with gilt titles.

Scarce set complete in two volumes. Contains;

Volume I

The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger

The Provok'd Wife, With a new scene

Aesop, in two parts

The False Friend

Volume II

The Confederacy

A Journey to London

The Mistake

The Provok's Husband

The Country House.

Sir John Vanbrugh (pronounced "Van'-bru") (January 24, 1664?–March 26, 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedies, The Relapse (1696) and The Provoked Wife (1697), which have become enduring stage favourites but originally occasioned much controversy.

Vanbrugh was in many senses a radical throughout his life. As a young man and a committed Whig, he was part of the scheme to overthrow James II, put William III on the throne and protect English parliamentary democracy, dangerous undertakings which landed him in the dreaded Bastille of Paris as a political prisoner. In his career as a playwright, he offended many sections of Restoration and 18th-century society, not only by the sexual explicitness of his plays, but also by their messages in defence of women's rights in marriage. He was attacked on both counts, and was one of the prime targets of Jeremy Collier's Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage. In his architectural career, he created what came to be known as English Baroque. His architectural work was as bold and daring as his early political activism and marriage-themed plays, and jarred conservative opinions on the subject.

CONDITION

The bindings are generally firm and all covers are attached. The pages up to page 22 in volume I are very loosely attached and will probably fully detach in the post. The outer hinges are cracked but holding. There is some minor wear to the extremities including some bumping to the corners and some marks to the boards. There are a couple of mild cracks in the leather on the spines. Internally the books are generally clean and bright apart from some mild spots in places and the odd handling mark. There is some mild worming to the bottom margin throughout volume II. Overall considering the age of he books they are in very good condition.

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