Gustavus Vasa, the deliverer of his country : a tragedy : as it was to have been acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane / by Henry Brooke, esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.

Contributor:

Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764, bookseller.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Swift's Library and Reading Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gustav I Vasa, King of Sweden, 1496-1560--Drama.

Gustav.

Gustav I Vasa, King of Sweden, 1496-1560.

Sweden--Kings and rulers--Drama.

Sweden.

Kings and rulers.

Genre:

Drama.

Subscription lists (Publishing) -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Vienken, Heinz J. (honoree) (Swift's Library and Reading Collection)

Elias, Susan Homans (honoree) (Swift's Library and Reading Collection)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 14 unnumbered pages, 81 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for R. Dodsley ..., MDCCXXXIX [1739]

Notes:

Signatures: a⁴ ²[a]⁴ e⁴(-e4) A-K⁴ L⁴(-L4).

Epilogue written by Mr. Ogle.

With a list of subscribers.

"Price One Shilling and Six-pence"; variant: without the price.

The list of subscribers may or may not appear. Pagination without the subscribers will be: viii, [2], 81, [5] p.

Woodcuts: device; initials; head- and tail-pieces.

Local Notes:

Swift's Library copy is part of The Library and Reading of Jonathan Swift: a Partial Replication, a collection given to the University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 2005 in memory of Susan Homans Elias and in honor of the late Heinz J. Vienken.

Swift's Library copy without the price statement on t.p..

Swift's Library copy has bookseller's description laid in.

Swift's Library copy front cover has ms. title and notes, detached from spine.

Culture Class Collection copy has price statement below imprint.

Culture Class Collection list of subscribers wanting.

Cited in:

ESTC, T798

Passmann-Vienken. Swift's Library, I, 291

OCLC:

4074807