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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.
- 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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