Hypocrite Comedy: First Edition (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Dolby London 1823
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Magnus, Paris, , FranceMagnus
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Five comedies bound together, solid binding, half leather with marbled-paper boards. slight wear to edges and corners.title on spine, name of previous owner on spine bottom (Chodron) who put his stamp on the title pages and wrote a table of contents on the front page; inside…very good, some foxing only on one of the books; All five plays are presented in their entirety as published by T. Dolby. Each has its own title page and black and white engraved frontispiece. The Hypocrite has an engraved frontispice drawn by Corbould; 14,5x9,5 cm.
More imagesPublished by Various printers, London 1775
- First Edition
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller1st Edition. First editions by Francklin, Hoole, Cumberland, Sheridan and Reed. The Bickerstaff is a second edition and the Gay a late edition as it was first published in 1728. Pp. Francklin: [viii], 79, p. [80] advertisement; Hoole: pp.[vi of viii, lacking half-title], 71, p. [72, Epilogue] ; Cumberland: pp. xii, [3], 92; Sher…idan: pp. [iii]-x (lacking half-title), [vi],98 (of 100 pages, lacking last leaf of text); Reed: pp. [viii], 62, [2 blank]; Gay: Pp. 94 (including engraved frontispiece by Grignion after Hayman), [2 blank]; Bickerstaff: pp.[viii including half-title], 92. 1 vols. 8vo. These plays were very popular, most running into second and sometimes third editions in the first year. The Francklin is an adaption of "Voltaire's "Amelie ou le duc de Foix." The Hoole epilogue by George Colman, the play based upon Metastasio's "Oemofoonte." The Epilogue of "The Choleric Man" is by Garrick. "Tom Jones," based upon Fielding's novel, is the libretto without music. The Gay includes printed music composed and arranged by John Christopher Pepusch. Bickerstaff's play is based upon the "Non-Juror" by Cibber. The seven works bound in one volume. Contemporary calf, maroon morocco label reading ?Plays? and spine numbered ?8.? Joints cracked, extremities and spine worn, some offsetting of text, some light browning, Cumberland and Sheridan margins cropped affecting first letters in outermargins and some catchwords, p. [iv] headline in Cumberland cropped, pp. 35-6 of Sheridan with final line of text cropped off, else a very good collection of plays Pp. Francklin: [viii], 79, p. [80] advertisement; Hoole: pp.[vi of viii, lacking half-title], 71, p. [72, Epilogue] ; Cumberland: pp. xii, [3], 92; Sheridan: pp. [iii]-x (lacking half-title), [vi],98 (of 100 pages, lacking last leaf of text); Reed: pp. [viii], 62, [2 blank]; Gay: Pp. 94 (including engraved frontispiece by Grignion after Hayman), [2 blank]; Bickerstaff: pp.[viii including half-title], 92. 1 vols. 8vo First editions by Francklin, Hoole, Cumberland, Sheridan and Reed. The Bickerstaff is a second edition and the Gay a late edition as it was first published in 1728.
