60pp. With an engraved frontispiece. ESTC T43486.

[Bound with:] ROWE, Nicholas. Jane shore, a tragedy... London. Printed for the Proprietors, and sold by Rachel Randall, 1787. 43, [1], 3pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. ESTC N45718.

12mo. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, gilt initial 'T' to head of spine. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to upper board. Recent inked ownership inscription 'Collingwood' to FEP, frontispiece of first mentioned work slightly shaved at fore-edge, scattered spotting.

The first of Restoration dramatist Thomas Otway's (1652 -1685) acclaimed blank verse tragedies, The Orphan: or, the Unhappy Marriage, which premiered at the Dorset Garden in 1680. The engraved frontispiece depicts English actress Ann Brunton Merry (1769-1808), under her stage name, 'Miss Brunton', in the role of the heroine Monimia - a significant role to achieve in her first year on stage. It is possible that the single 'T' lettered in gilt to the spine simply stands for 'Theatre'.