Memoirs of the life of John Philip Kemble, esq. : including a history of the stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period / by James Boaden, esq. ; in two volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boaden, James, 1762-1839, author.

Contributor:

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, publisher.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer.

Palmer & Howe (Manchester, England), binder.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.

Kemble, John Philip.

Theater--England--History--18th century.

Theater.

England.

History.

Theater--England--History--19th century.

Actors--Great Britain--Biography.

Actors.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

Palmer & Howe (Manchester, England) (stamp) (Furness copy 3)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : portrait ; 22 cm

Manufacture:

London : Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, Paternoster-Row, 1825.

Local Notes:

Furness copy 3 bound in 4 volumes, each with added title leaf in red and black which reads: Memoirs of the life of John Philip Kemble. By James Boaden, Esq. In IV. Vols. Vol. I[-IV]. Illustrated with portraits, etc.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Furness copy 3 purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Antiquates Fine & Rare Books.

Furness copy 3 extra-illustrated with 271 engraved illustrations chiefly mounted in paper frames and a few mounted on blank leaves.

Furness copy 3: each volume bound by Palmer & Howe (with their stamp on verso of front free endpaper) in half gold-ruled green morocco over green cloth boards; 5 raised, gold-tooled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; title, author's name and volume number stamped in gold on spine; marbled endpapers; gilt tops.

OCLC:

2101141