The history of the Scottish stage : from its first establishment to the present time : with a distinct narrative of some recent theatrical transactions. The whole necessarily interspersed with memoirs of his own life / by John Jackson. ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, John, 1729 or 1730-1806.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Scotland--History.

Theater.

History.

Scotland.

Penn Provenance:

Rutherfurd, Andrew (bookplate) (Furness copy 1)

Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor) (Furness copy 1)

Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor) (Furness copy 1)

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor) (Forrest copy)

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 15 unnumbered pages-16 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 424, 41 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Printed for Peter Hill, and G.G.J. and J. Robinson ... London, 1793.

Notes:

Exists in various states. For description of the University of Pennsylvania Library's copies, see local notes below.

With a half-title.

Some misnumbered pages.

Local Notes:

Forrest copy: text on pp. 295-296, beginning on p. 295, line 11 and ending at the foot of p. 296 is present; the documents numbered xviii-xxii are removed from the appendix by the partial resetting of leaf ²e4 and by cancelling leaves ²f1-3; the *Mm gathering appears to be a cancel. Cf. ESTC36525

Furness copy 1: text on pp. 295-296, beginning on p. 295, line 11 and ending at the foot of p. 296 is present; the documents numbered xviii-xxii are present in the appendix; the *Mm gathering appears to be a cancel. Cf. ESTC N48

Furness copy 2: page 295 ends at line 10: while another's bless'd. Page 296 is blank. The documents numbered xviii-xxii are present in the appendix. The *Mm gathering appears to be a cancel.

Cited in:

ESTC T036525; N48; T141375

OCLC:

11790683