Memoirs of Richard Cumberland. /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Printed for Lackington, Allen, & Co., Temple of the Muses, Finsbury-Square.,
1807.
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. Printer from colophon, volume 1. Voume. 2 colophon reads: J. Wright, printer, No. 38, St. John's Square. "Supplement. February the 19th 1806"--Page 302-405. Originally published separately in 1807, with the index that follows it, as a supplement to the first ed. (1806, quarto), under title: Supplement to the memoirs of Richard Cumberland With engraved portraits of Cumberland (engraved by Scriven, after Clover); Richard Cumberland, Lord Bishop of Peterborough, and Richard Bentley (copied by C. Picart from his own plates in 1st ed.); and Viscount Sackville (unsigned, copied from 1st ed. plate engraved by C. Picart after Romney). "A carefully written, accurate and interesting account of the theatre world in Great Britain and Ireland during the second half of the 18th century. More than fifty plays were written and performed during this period by Cumberland himself."--From vendor's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes ([2], 432 pages, [3] leaves of plates; [2], 500 pages, [1] leaf of plates) : 4 portraits. (engravings) ; 22 cm (8vo) |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |