Cato : a tragedy /
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand,
MDCCXXXIX. [1739]
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| Item Description: | Title page in red and black. Vignette (portrait cameo) on title page; head- and end-pieces; initials. Frontispiece engraved by Van der Gucht after a design by Du Guernier. With an epilogue. In this edition page [18] has Mr. Cibber's part on two lines; the ornamental initial on page [19] is a factotum; line 26, page 49, ends with "Kindness?"; and at end the tailpiece depicts a vase with flowers. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. The Cushing Library/Rare Books/Morrison Collection copy is bound with: Cato : a tragedy / by Mr. Addison. [London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1739] -- The distrest mother : a tragedy / by Mr. Philips. [London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735] -- The fair penitent : a tragedy / written by Nicholas Rowe, Esq. [London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735] -- The funeral : or, Grief a-la-mode A comedy / written by Sir Richard Steele. [London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735] -- The drummer : or, The haunted-house. A comedy / by Mr. Addison. [London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735]. |
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| Physical Description: | 82 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portrait ; 17 cm |