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Elfrida : a dramatic poem / written on the model of the ancient Greek tragedy by William Mason ... ; adapted for theatrical representation, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, in the year 1773 ...

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3566 .A1 1796
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection 822C B415 v.12
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR1241.B4 v.19 no.3
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mason, William, 1725-1797.
Contributor:
Cawthorn, George, bookseller.
Covent Garden Theatre.
Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Edgar, King of England, 943 or 944-975--Drama.
Edgar.
Edgar, King of England, 943 or 944-975.
Genre:
Drama.
Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
Penn Provenance:
Lewis, John Frederick (donor) (RBC 822C B415)
Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)
Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)
Erde, John M. (autograph) (Milton Collection copy)
Physical Description:
68 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm (12mo)
Fingerprint:
t.is -'f. owe: BuAl (3) 1796 (A)
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for, and under the direction of George Cawthorn ..., 1796.
Notes:
Signatures: A-E⁶ F⁴.
Engraved plates.
Woodcut head- and tail-piece.
Includes printed cast list for production at Covent Garden.
Local Notes:
RBC copy (PR1241 B4) in British Theatre. London : John Bell, 1791. Vol. 19, no. 3.
RBC 822C B415 v.12 bound with: Farquhar, George. The twin rivals. London : Printed for the Proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1795. (Item 3 of 4)
Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.
Penn Libraries Milton Collection copy bound with: Penn Libraries Milton Collection copy bound with: Milton, John. Samson Agonistes. London : Printed for, and under the direction of George Cawthorn ..., 1796.
Penn Libraries Milton Collection copy has unidentified bookplate on front pastedown; autograph of John M. Erde on blank leaf at beginning of volume; illegible ms. inscription on title leaf; leaves dampstained throughout.
Penn Libraries Milton Collection copy has [2] p. of advertisement ("Arrangement From No 121 to No 140 of Bell's British Theatre ...") bound in at beginning of volume; tissue guard between plates.
Cited in:
ESTC T153938
OCLC:
16668542

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