1745 TRIFLES BY ROBERT DODSLEY POEMS AND DRAMATIC PLAYS

Trifles:
 viz.
 The Toy-Shop. The King and the Miller of Mansfield. The Blind Beggar of Bethnal-Green. Rex & Pontifex. The Chronicle of the Kings of England. The Art of Preaching, in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. The Right of Mankind to do what they will, asserted.

at tully's head in pall-mall
1745
first edition

Robert Dodsley 1703-1764 the son of a Mansfield schoolmaster was employed as footman before (with assistance from Alexander Pope) he became established as a poet, a playwright, and a bookseller. He published most of the works of the serious literary writers of his time and was a close friend of many writers whom he published.
 In 1745 he published this scarce collection of his dramatic works and some poems which had been issued separately, in this one volume.
Each play has its own half title page and the play The Blind Beggar has an illustrated title page.
One of the works in this volume, The Chronicle Of The Kings Of England, a biographical discourse on the rulers of England was later attributed to Lord Chesterfield.