A select collection of old plays.
Contributors: Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764, bookseller.; White, former owner.; Kies, Paul Philemon, 1891-1971, donor.
Publisher: Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall
Published: 1744
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Notes: Title pages in red and black.

Engraved vignette on title page of each vol.

Head- and tail-pieces, initials.

Binder's title: Collection of old plays.

WSU MASC copy lacks vols. 1 and 12.

WSU MASC copy has armorial bookplate on front pastedown of each vol.: "White, Walling Wells".

WSU MASC copy inscribed on front pastedown of each vol.: "Walling Wells" with shelf mark.

WSU MASC copy donated by Paul Philemon Kies.

WSU MASC copy is: 002-123046419 - 002-123046500.
Table of contents: title: v. 1: The promises of God, by John Bale. New custom. The four P's. by John Heywood. Grammer Gurton's needle. The pinner of Wakefield. Damon and Pithias, by Richard Edwards.; title: v. 2: Gorboduc, by Lord Buckhurst. Campaspe, by John Lilly. Edward the Second, by Marlowe. Mustapha, by Lord Brooke.; title: v. 3: Green's tu quoque, by Joseph Cooke. The honest whore, by Decker. The hog hath lost his pearl, by Robert Tailor. Fuimus Troes. The white devil, by Webster.; title: v. 4: The malcontent, by Marston. A woman kill'd with kindness, by Heywood. Eastward ho, by Jonson. The widow's tears, by Chapman. The revenger's tragedy, by Tourneur.; title: v. 5: Lingua. A mad world my masters, by Middleton. 'Tis pity she's a whore, by Ford. Grim the collier of Croydon. Microcosmus, by Nabbs.; title: v. 6: The widow, by Jonson, Fletcher, & Middleton. A match at midnight, by Rowley. The dumb knight, by Lewis Machin. The muses looking-glass, by Thomas Randolph. The jovial crew, by Broome.; title: v. 7: The heir, by May. The old couple, by May. The antiquary, by Marmion. The goblins, by Suckling. The shepherd's holiday, by Rutter.; title: v. 8: The city madam. A new way to pay old debts. The guardian. The unnatural combat. The picture [all by Massinger].; title: v. 9: Albumazar. The gemester, by Shirley. The bird in a cage, by Shirley. The city night-cap, by Davenport. The parson's wedding, by Killigrew.; title: v. 10: The city-match, by Jasper Maine. The lost lady, by Sir William Barclay. The ordinary, by Cartwright. The Queen of Aragon, by Habington. The marriage night, by Lord Falkland.; title: v. 11: A dialogue on plays and players. Tancred and Gismu.