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A Select collection of English plays. : from the best authors.
- Format:
- Book
- 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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