The setting sun; or, devil amongst the placemen. To which is added a new musical drama; being a parody on the The Beggars s Opera, as lately acted, with universal eclat, at the Theatre Royal, Glyster Place; with hints for a masquerade jubilee, on a grand scale. By Cervantes Hogg, Esq. In three volumes

[Barrett, Eaton Stannard]

Published by printed by J. D. Dewick, 46, Barbican, for T. Hughes, 35, Ludgate-Street; Chapel, Pall-Mall; Gray and Son, Piccadilly; Kirby and Co. Oxford-Street; Blacklock, Royal Exchange; and Wilson, Royal Exchange, London, 1809

About this Item

First edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, pp. xxiv, 122, [2] Hughes ads; [4], 143, [1]; [4], 148; 3 hand-colored folding frontispieces; original drab paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; half-title in volume I torn (with loss - likely to remove an ownership signature), labels chipped with loss of several letters, front joint cracked on volume III; all else very good. Not in Sadleir or Wolff.

Seller Inventory # 66463

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The setting sun; or, devil amongst the placemen. To which is added a new musical drama; being a parody on the The Beggars s Opera, as lately acted, with universal eclat, at the Theatre Royal, Glyster Place; with hints for a masquerade jubilee, on a grand scale. By Cervantes Hogg, Esq. In three volumes
• Publisher: printed by J. D. Dewick, 46, Barbican, for T. Hughes, 35, Ludgate-Street; Chapel, Pall-Mall; Gray and Son, Piccadilly; Kirby and Co. Oxford-Street; Blacklock, Royal Exchange; and Wilson, Royal Exchange, London
• Publication Date: 1809
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • English Literature