The dramatick works of Sir Richard Steele : Containing, The Conscious Lovers. The Funeral. The Tender Husband. The Lying Lover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (83,[1]83,[1]78,[2]83,[1]p.,plate ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Dramatick works of Sir Richard Steele.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. and R. Tonson, S. Draper, and H. Lintot; and sold by W. Reeve, opposite Crane Court in Fleet-Street, [1755?]

Notes:

Each play has a separate dated titlepage, and separate pagination and register.

'The conscious lovers' is printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and H. Lintot, 1755; 'The funeral' is of the seventh edition and is printed for J. Tonson, 1734; 'The tender husband' is printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735; 'The lying lover' is printed for Henry Lintot, 1747, and is based upon 'Le Menteur' by Pierre Corneille.

In this edition, the third line of the imprint on the collective titlepage begins: Crane, and the titlepage ornament is floral.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T34943.

OCLC:

642576250