Histrionic topography: or, the birth-places, residences, and funeral monuments of the most Distinguished Actors

BREWER, J[ames] Norris

Verlag: Published by the Proprietor, J. Cole, London, 1818

Beschreibung

[2], iv, 37pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further engraved plates. Original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Foxed and browned, one gathering (and three attendant plates) detached from text-block. The sole edition on a series historical and descriptive notices on the residences of influential British performers and dramatists, illustrated by fine engravings executed by draughtsman James Storer (1771-1853) and his son Henry Sargant Storer (1795-1837). The notices include, inter alia, descriptions of Garrick's London town house, the birth place in Stratford-upon-Avon of Shakespeare, and the Bard's monument at Westminster Abbey. Size: 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ24608

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Histrionic topography: or, the birth-places,...

Verlag: Published by the Proprietor, J. Cole, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1818

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First edition.