KING HENRY THE FIFTH BY AARON HILL 1723 ADAPTED FROM WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

[HILL, AARON (1685-1750); SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM]. King Henry the Fifth: or, the Conquest of France, by the English. A tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants. By Aaron Hill, Esq. London: Printed for W. Chetwood in the Passage to the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, and J. Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, 1723.

First edition. Softcover; paperback; octavo (19cm x 12cm x 0.5cm); [16], 61, [3] advertisements. English text. Bound in modern paper wrappers; half-title; head- and tail-pieces; decorative initials. Condition: GOOD. A tight and largely clean copy of this scarce work based upon the play by William Shakespeare. Hill claims it is a 'new fabric. built on his [Shakespeare's] foundation'. [ESTC T107970].