A Select collection of English plays. [electronic resource] : from the best authors.
A Select collection of English plays. [electronic resource] : from the best authors.
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Publisher
Edinburgh : sold by A. Donaldson at Pope's Head opposite the Exchange, MDCCLX. [1760] MDCCLXI. [1761]
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Date
MDCCLX. [1760] MDCCLXI. [1761]
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English
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Physical content
2v. ; 12°.
Publication information
Publisher
Edinburgh : sold by A. Donaldson at Pope's Head opposite the Exchange, MDCCLX. [1760] MDCCLXI. [1761]
Place of Publication
Scotland
Date Published
MDCCLX. [1760] MDCCLXI. [1761]
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Access Conditions
Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
A Select collection of English plays. [electronic resource] : from the best authors.
Variant title
Ambitious step-mother.
Beggar's opera.
Earl of Essex.
Gentle shepherd.
Guardian.
Gustavus Vasa.
Phædra and Hippolitus.
Spanish fryar.
Way to keep him.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
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....
Citation / References Note
ESTC T216862.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74VKD3jyMa7O
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MMS ID
991018981779702626
