Shelfmark
Krr.3.19(03)
Author
Title
A midsummer-night's dream: a comedy, in five acts, by William Shakspeare, printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D-G. To which are added, a description of the costume, ... and the whole of the stage business. As now performed at the Theatres Royal, London..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : John Cumberland, 19, Ludgate Hill., [1816?]
Physical description
67, [1], p. : ill. (frontis.) ; 14 cm.
Note
Remarks by 'D-G' i.e. George Daniel, series editor.
Note
Pagination continuous but with some prelims. in roman numerals; frontispiece included in pagination.
Note
Directions for "Disposition of the charcters at the fall of the curtain." on p.67.
Note
Additionally on title-page: "Embellished with a fine wood engraving, by Mr. Bonner, from a Drawing taken in the Theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank."
Note
Publication date inferred from p.[12], "Cast of the Characters, ... Covent Garden, 1816."
With note
Bound with 11 other plays issued either by Thomas Dolby or John Cumberland, shelfmarks Krr.3.19(01) - (02), (04) - (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.
Subject
Courtship Drama.
Subject
Athens (Greece) Drama.
Genre/Form
Fairy plays.
Genre/Form
Comedies.
Added entry--name
Cumberland, John, 1787 - 1866 publisher.
Added entry--name
Daniel, George, 1789 - 1864 editor.
Added entry--name
Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 engraver.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50490