The distrest mother : A tragedy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philips, Ambrose, 1674-1749
Other Authors: Racine, Jean, 1639-1699, Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729 (writer of prologue.), Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716 (Engraver)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London: Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand, MDCCXXXV. [1735]
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Description
Item Description:Signatures: A-C¹², D⁶ (A₁, frontispiece).
Title in red and black; title vignette; head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Translated by Philips, with slight alterations, from the Andromaque of Racine.
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].
Prologue by Steele; epilogue, "written by Mr. Budgell", may have been written by Addison.
Frontispiece by Du Guernier.
Physical Description:5 preliminary leaves, 72 pages : frontispiece ; 17 cm