A Select collection of English plays : from the best authors.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Other Authors:	Gay, John, 1685-1732, Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Ramsay, Allan, 1686-1758, Dryden, John, 1631-1700, Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783, Smith, Edmund, 1672-1710, Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Sold by A. Donaldson at Pope's Head opposite the Exchange, MDCCLX. [1760] MDCCLXI. [1761]
Subjects:	Epitaphs. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Item Description:	Each volume has an additional titlepage, engraved, dated 1760. 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; Volume II. contains: 'The Beggar's Opera' and 'Polly' by Gay, 'The way to keep him', 'The guardian', 'The gentle shepherd' by Allan Ramsay. Reproduction of original from British Library. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (2 volumes,)
Place of Publication:	Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.