Electra : a tragedy / by William Shirley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shirley, William, active 1739-1780.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Faden, William, printer.

Newbery, John, 1713-1767, bookseller.

Davis, Robert, active 1764-1775, bookseller.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Ruggles, Thomas, 1737?-1813 (stamp) (Furness copy)

Ruggles-Brise, John, 1782-1852 (autograph) (Furness copy)

Physical Description:

[12], 119, [1] p. ; 27 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Half-title: Electra, a tragedy : and The birth of Hercules, a masque

Fingerprint:

n-an n,d, n.RA IsPe (3) 1765 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by W. Faden : To be had of J. Newbery ... and R. Davis ..., MDCCLXV [1765]

Notes:

Signatures: [A]⁴ a² B-Q⁴.

Woodcut title ornament.

Local Notes:

Furness copy bound with: Mason, William. Ode to the naval officers of Great Britain. London : Printed for T. Cadell ..., MDCCLXXIX [1779] -- Mason, William. The English garden : a poem : book the first. London printed : And sold by R. Horsefield ... T. Cadell ... G. Riley ... and H. Denoyer ... ; [York] : Also by W. Tessyman in York, MDCCLXXII [1772] -- Mason, William. The English garden : a poem : book the second. York : Printed by A. Ward ; [London] : And sold by J. Dodsley ... T. Cadell ... and H. Denoyer ... London ; [York] : Also J. Todd ... York, MDCCLXXVII [1777] -- Mason, William. The English garden : a poem : book the third. London : Printed by H. Goldney, for J. Dodsley ... and T. Cadell ... ; [York] : And sold by J. Todd, in Stonegate, York, MDCCLXXIX [1779] -- Mason, William. The English garden : a poem : book the fourth. York : Printed by A. Ward ; [London] : And sold by J. Dodsley ... T. Cadell ... and R. Faulder ... London ; [York] : And J. Todd, in York, MDCCLXXXI [1781].

Furness copy has on front pastedown manuscript contents list (in the hand of John Ruggles?), with annotation that the first work in the volume is the gift of the author.

Furness copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2019 from Christopher Edwards Antiquarian Books & Manuscripts.

Furness copy has oval stamp of Thomas Ruggles ("TRUGGLES" around image of a tower) on front pastedown.

Furness copy has dated 19th-century autograph ("John Ruggles 1817") of John Ruggles-Brise on front free endpaper.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Cited in:

Roscoe, A542

ESTC T32486

OCLC:

228743242