4to (216 x 164 mm). Text inlaid (toned, some staining). Early 20th-century half brown morocco, olive green cloth (rebacked with spine gilt-lettered, a touch of wear with some old repairs to corners, fading to cloth); folding case. Provenance: "Kemble" pencil note on front pastedown.

FIRST EDITION of Oldmixon's second published work. The Governour of Cyprus first premiered at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London, either in December of 1702 or in January of 1703. The original cast featured Elizabeth Barry, Thomas Betterton, Barton Booth, Elizabeth Bowman, and George Powell.