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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805.
Ramsay, Allan, 1684-1758.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.
Smith, Edmund, 1672-1710.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Epitaphs.
Physical Description:
2v. ; 12⁰
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh : sold by A. Donaldson at Pope's Head opposite the Exchange, MDCCLX. [1760] MDCCLXI. [1761]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Each volume has an additional titlepage, engraved, dated 1760.
The plays have separate titlepages, pagination and register and were also issued separately.
Volume I contains: 'The Spanish fryar' by Dryden, 'The Earl of Essex', by Henry Brooke, 'Gustavus Vasa' by Henry Brooke, 'Phædra and Hippolitus' by Edmund Smith, and 'The ambitious stepmother' by Nicholas Rowe; Vol. II. contains: 'The Beggar's Opera' and 'Polly' by Gay, 'The way to keep him', 'The guardian', 'The gentle shepherd' by Allan Ramsay.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T216862.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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