Shelfmark
Krr.3.19(10)
Author
Title
Brutus; or the fall of Tarquin. An historical tragedy, in five acts. By John Howard Payne. Printed from the author's 8vo. edition, with remarks. To which are added, a description of the costume, ... and the whole of the stage business, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Thomas Dolby, Catherine-Street, Strand., 1825..
Physical description
[5], 10-54 p., [2] leaves of plates ; ill., port. ; 16 cm.
Series statement
(Dolby's British theatre)
Note
Imperfect: wanting plate described on title-page.
Note
Title-page, excluding imprint, near identical to John Cumberland's issue of Brutus (Cumberland's British Theatre series).
Note
?Publisher's preface on p.[3] dated December 9, 1818.
Note
Probably issued as part of Dolby's British Theatre series, although this information is not given in the copy described.
Note
Additionally on title-page: "Embellished with a wood engraving, from an original drawing, by Mr. I.R. Cruikshank, and executed by Mr. White; and a portrait of Mr. Kean."
With note
Bound with 11 other plays issued either by Thomas Dolby or John Cumberland, shelfmarks Krr.3.19(01) - (09), (11) - (12).
Provenance
Ms. signature in pencil, undated and name unread, of a "Professor of [?Gl...]", on title-page recto of first item in sammelband (Krr.3.19(01)).
Binding
Sammelband. 19th-century three-quarter leather with blue marbled paper; blind-tooled dotted roll at edges of leather. Spine flat, divided into five compartments by horizontal gilt double fillets flanked by the same blind roll as on covers, with gilt lettering 'DRAMA' and 'VOL I' in second and fourth compartments thereof; blue false headbands. Textblock trimmed with some minor loss to printed text; edges sprinked red; endpapers undecorated.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting pp. 51-53.
Subject
Added entry--name
Dolby, Thomas, 1782 - 1856 publisher.
Added entry--name
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789 - 1856 engraver.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50486