The beauties of the English stage : consisting of all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the English plays, ancient and modern. Continued down to the present year. Digested under proper heads in alphabetical order, with the names of the plays and their several authors refer'd to. In two volumes.

Format:

Book

Standardized Title:

Thesaurus dramaticus.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quotations, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v.,plates )

Other Title:

Beauties of the English stage

Place of Publication:

London : printed for, and sold by Ward and Chandler at the Ship just without Temple Bar, and at their shops in York, and Scarborough: C. Corbett, at Addison's Head against St. Dunstan's Church, and E. Withers, at the Seven Stars against Chancery Lane, both in Fleet-street, MDCCXXXVII. [1737]

Notes:

Titlepages in red and black; the imprint to vol. 2 reads: printed for C. Corbett, at Addison's Head against St. Dunstan's Church, and E. Withers, at the Seven Stars against Chancery Lane, both in Fleet-street, Ward and Chandler at the Ship just without Temple Bar, and at their shops in York, and Scarborough.

Originally published in 1724 as 'Thesaurus dramaticus' and later published under the title 'The beauties of the English drama'.

Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed.

Signatures: Vol.1: A⁶ B-L¹; vol.2: [A]1 B-P¹ (-P12).

Signatures from Maslen & Lancaster.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 2349

English Short Title Catalog, T134816.

OCLC:

642392161