Bell's British Theatre.. Volume the Fifteenth. Containing Twins, Deserter, Commissary, Edgar and Emmaline, Rival Candidates, Three Weeks after Marriage, Bon Ton, Orators, All The World's a Stage, Contrivances, Hob in the Well, Spirit of Contradiction, Patron. (and:) Comus
by Woods, Dibdin, Foote, Hawkesworth, Bate, Milton et al
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: London: Printed for John Bell, 1780. Half leather. Very Good. 12mo; 392pp. In contemporary eighteenth centiry half leather over marbled boards (somewhat worn with minor loss to extermities), gilt lettered red leather title label to spine, a few gathers misbound with slightly protruding fore-eges (but all still well bound in), complete with opening frontispiece, The Twins is derived from Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. A very good example.
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- Title
- Bell's British Theatre.. Volume the Fifteenth. Containing Twins, Deserter, Commissary, Edgar and Emmaline, Rival Candidates, Three Weeks after Marriage, Bon Ton, Orators, All The World's a Stage, Contrivances, Hob in the Well, Spirit of Contradiction, Patron. (and:) Comus
- Author
- Woods, Dibdin, Foote, Hawkesworth, Bate, Milton et al
- Format/Binding
- Half leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for John Bell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1780
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- milton comus tragedy theatre drama comedy tragedy farce eighteenth century shakespeare errors
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- Antiquarian books; Antiquarian English Literature;
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