Memoirs of the life of Charles Macklin, esq. : principally compiled from his own papers and memorandums : which contain his criticisms on and characters and anecdotes of Betterton, Booth, Wilks, Cibber, Garrick, Barry, Mossop, Sheridan, Foote, Quin and most of his contemporaries : together with his valuable observations on the drama, on the science of acting, and on various other subjects : the whole forming a comprehensive but succinct history of the stage : which includes a period of one hundred years /
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| Language: | English |
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Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co., Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square,
1799.
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| Item Description: | "Entered at Stationers' Hall"--Title page. Volume. 1: xxi, [1], 471, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates; Volume 2: xii, 452 pages, [1] leaf of plates. Signatures: Volume. 1. pi² a-b⁴ c¹ B-2G⁸ 2H⁴ ; Volume 2. a² b⁴ B-2F⁸ 2G². Frontispiece plate signed: Edwin, sc.; "Engraved for Mirror of Taste." The plate signed by Ridley, described on the Library of Congress record, is lacking. The Cushing Library/Rare Books Collection copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. he Cushing Library/Rare Books/Morrison Collection copy contains an additional portrait plate in volume 1, "engraved by J. Corner from a model by M. Lochee in possession of Mr. Macklin," from European Magazine, "publish'd by J. Sewell, 32 Cornhill, 1 Dec.r 1787." Volume 2 contains another engraving from European Magazine, entitled "Quins Monument, Bath, drawn on the spot by J. Nixon, Sparrow sc., publish'd by J. Sewell, Cornhill, July 1790." |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm (8vo) Also issued online. |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |