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An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber / written by himself.

Van Pelt Library PR3347 .A8 1966 v.1-2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Contributor:
Lowe, Robert William, 1853-1902.
Wright, James, 1643-1713.
Aston, Tony, approximately 1682-approximately 1753.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English drama--History and criticism.
English drama.
Theater--Great Britain--History.
Theater.
Great Britain.
History.
Actors, English.
Actors, English--Portraits.
Genre:
Portraits.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : frontispieces, illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
Edition:
A new edition with notes and supplement by Robert W. Lowe; with twenty-six original mezzotint portraits by R. B. Parkes, and eighteen etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. London, J. C. Nimmo, 1889.
Place of Publication:
New York : AMS Press, 1966.
Notes:
With reprints of two rare tracts: Wright's "Historia histrionica, 1699" (v. 1, p. [xix]-li) and Aston's "Brief supplement to Colley Cibber ... Lives of the late famous actors and actresses" (v. 2, p. [297]-318).
"Memoirs of the actors and actresses mentioned by Cibber, taken from E. Belichamber's edition of the 'Apology', 1822 [perhaps by J. H. Burn]": v. 2, p. [319]-371.
With reproductions of original title-pages.
A facsimile reprint of the London ed. with imprint: J.C. Nimmo, 1889.
Bibliography: volume 2, pages 286-296.
OCLC:
3315155

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