The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets : also, an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue, their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated : with remarks and observations on most of the said plays / first begun by Mr. Langbain, improv'd and continued down to this time, by a careful hand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692.

Contributor:

Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography--Dictionaries.

Dramatists, English.

Dramatists, English--Early modern--Biography.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

English drama--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--Bio-bibliography.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.

English drama--17th century--Bio-bibliography.

Genre:

Bio-bibliography.

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 17th century.

Penn Provenance:

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor)

Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 (inscription, 1868)

Beete(?), Joseph (autograph)

Jennings, J. (autograph)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 150 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 151-182 pages, 24 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for William Turner ..., 1699.

Notes:

A new ed. rev. by Charles Gildon, of Langbaine's An account of the English dramatick poets, first publ. in 1691 -- cf. Dict. of nat. biog.

Advertisements on p. [16]-[24] (final count).

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Imperfect: all after p. [16] (final count) wanting; closely cropped.

Cited in:

Wing L376

OCLC:

8624111