John Dryden; Montague Summers [ed.] — Dryden: The Dramatic Works

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1931-19321. Cloth. A pleasing complete limited Nonesuch Press edition of John Dryden's works. One of 750 standard limited sets (numbered 51 to 800), this copy being number 765. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards.A delightful collection of the dramatic works of John Dryden. He was appointed England's first Poet Laureate and is regarded as hugely influential during the Stuart Restoration, with the period even being referred to as the 'Age of Dryden' in literary circles.  Includes 'Don Sebastian', 'Amphitryon', 'Secret Love', 'The Spanish Fryar', 'The Duke of Guise', 'All for Love', and 'The Kind Keeper', among many other works. Edited by author, clergyman and scholar, Montague Summers. From Nonesuch Press, a private press founded in 1922 by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel, and their mutual friend David Garnett. The press was at its peak in the 1920s and 1930s, but continued operating through the mid-1960s. Nonesuch was unusual among private presses in that it used an Albion press to design their books, but had them printed by commercial printers. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities and fading to the spines. Cracking to the front gutters of Volume I and VI, however hinges remains firmly held by cords. Westminster City Library bookplate to the front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .