Cato : a tragedy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719
Other Authors: Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776 (Engraver)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, MDCCXXXIX. [1739]
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Description
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].
Physical Description:82 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portrait ; 17 cm