A Select collection of English plays. [electronic resource] : from the best authors
- Bib ID:
- 4874260
- Format:
- Book
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- Description:
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- Edinburgh : sold by A. Donaldson at Pope's Head opposite the Exchange, MDCCLX. [1760] MDCCLXI. [1761]
- 2v. ; 12⁰.
- Notes:
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- Each volume has an additional titlepage, engraved, dated 1760.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- The plays have separate titlepages, pagination and register and were also issued separately.
- Volume I contains: 'The Spanish fryar' by Dryden, 'The Earl of Essex', by Henry Brooke, 'Gustavus Vasa' by Henry Brooke, 'Phædra and Hippolitus' by Edmund Smith, and 'The ambitious stepmother' by Nicholas Rowe; Vol. II. contains: 'The Beggar's Opera' and 'Polly' by Gay, 'The way to keep him', 'The guardian', 'The gentle shepherd' by Allan Ramsay.
- Cited In:
- English Short Title Catalog, T216862.
- Reproduction:
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Subject:
- Epitaphs
- Place:
- Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh.
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1805
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1761
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