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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.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Swift's Reading Collection PR3326.B4 G92 1739c
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.
- 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
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