Shelfmark
Krr.3.27
Author
Title
Coriolanus. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. By the late James Thomson..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed for A. Millar, at Buchanan's Head in the Strand., MDCCXLIX.. [1749]
Physical description
[8], 62, [2] p. ; 8vo.
Note
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁸.
Note
With a half-title and epilogue leaf.
Note
Title-page has ornament above imprint; 'Prologue' has head- and tail- pieces.
Note
Catchword on page 58: "Full".
Note
Not an adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, but an entirely new play based on Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Livy (The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Coriolanus, 2010, p. 69).
Note
Part (gatherings [A], B-C) printed by William Bowyer; his records show 4250 ordinary and 50 fine-paper copies printed. (The ornaments are those used by William Bowyer).
Note
Price printed on half-title: "One Shilling and Six Pence."
Note
List of books printed for A. Millar on half-title verso.
Note
'Epilogue' spoken by Mrs Woffington.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T952
Citation/references note
Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 3524
Provenance
No provenance information recorded in the book.
Binding
20th-century plain brown paper wrappers. Textblock edges trimmed and sprinkled red and green. No endpapers.
Copy-specific note
?Bookseller's code on verso of final leaf.
Subject
Subject
English drama (Tragedy) Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Millar, Andrew, 1707 - 1768 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Woffington, Margaret, ? - 1760 performer.
Added entry--name
Bowyer, William, 1699 - 1777 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50584