Shelfmark
Krr.3.08
Author
Title
Cleomenes, the Spartan heroe. A tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal. written by Mr. Dryden. To which is prefixt the life of Cleomenes..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery-Lane near Fleet-Street., 1692.
Physical description
[12], 28, [4], 72 p. ; 21 cm. (4to)
Note
The life of Cleomenes was translated from Plutarch by Thomas Creech, and owing to Dryden's illness, the fifth act of the play was completed by Thomas Southerne.
Note
Following imprint statement on title-page: "Where Compleat Sets of Mr. Dryden's Works, in Four Volumes, are to be Sold. The Plays being put in the order they were Written."
Note
Quotation from Juvenal, Satire 4, on title-page: "His Armis, illâ quoque tutus in aulâ."
Note
Preliminary matter includes Dryden's Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Rochester, and the Preface, containing the poem 'To Mr. Dryden, on his Cleomenes' by 'a young Gentleman, under Twenty Years of Age' named Theophilus Parsons.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R19821
Provenance
No provenance information recorded in the book.
Binding
20th-century brown paper wrappers, undecorated, with yapped edges; affixed to textblock with glue. Textblock trimmed at an earlier date, with occasional loss of running title.
Subject
Cleomenes III, King of Sparta,
Subject
English drama (Tragedy) Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Southerne, Thomas, 1660 - 1746 joint author.
Added entry--name
Creech, Thomas, 1659 - 1700 translator.
Added entry--name
Plutarch Kleomenēs. English.
Added entry--name
Tonson, Jacob, 1656? - 1736 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Parsons, Theophilus, active 1692 - ? dedicator.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50394