Shelfmark
Krr.3.49
Title
An authentic narrative of Mr. Kemble's retirement from the stage; : including farewell address, criticisms, poems, &c. Selected from various periodical publications; ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for John Millar, 25, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden., 1817. (London : Printed by B. McMillan, Bow Street, Covent Garden, [1817])
Physical description
[1], xxvii, [1], 79 p., [4] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. (frontis. port.; engravings) ; 22 cm.
Note
Title-page and preliminaries (excluding frontispiece) included in pagination.
Note
Includes an appendix.
Note
Frontispiece engraved by Thomas Cheesman from a drawing by Thomas Lawrence.
Note
Plates inserted between 42-43: i) "Fac simile [sic] of Mr. Kemble's Hand Writing" ("Published by John Millar ... August 1817"), folded; ii) 'Medal Worn by the Committee at the Dinner' (published likewise; signed "E. Portbury sculp."), not folded. Plate inserted between pp. 46-47: engraved invitation to the Farewell Dinner (signed "Silvester sc. 27 Strand").
Note
Quotation printed on title page from Shakespeare's Coriolanus, Act 1, Scene 9, ll. 787-789.
Note
Manufacturer's information derived from title-page verso and final page.
Formatted contents note
Partial contents: Includes "An account of the dinner given at the Freemasons' Tavern, June 27, 1817; an alphabetical list of the company present; speeches of Lord Holland, Mr. Kemble; Mr. Campbell's Ode, &c &c." and "An Essay, Biographical and Critical" (information from title-page) and a Poetical Address from Walter Scott (pp. 76-77).
Formatted contents note
Partial contents: Includes list of attendees at the Farewell Dinner, pp. 47-52.
Provenance
19th-century armorial bookplate of Horace Noble Pym on upper pastedown.
Binding
Mid-to-late 19th- or very early 20th-century half-leather with red marbled paper; medium squares; bound by Mansell (binder's stamp on first free upper endpaper verso). On both covers, inner sides of calf outlined by single gilt fillets. Spine with five raised bands, divided into six compartments by transverse double gilt fillets (with a wave-like dotted roll across bands); the compartments thereof gold-tooled to with geometric foliate tools to a centrepiece-and-cornerpieces design; second compartment from head with gilt titling over mahogany morocco; the whole spine with double gilt fillet from head to tail at extreme sides. Textblock trimmed and sprinkled or dyed yellow; red marbled endpapers to match covers, each comprising a pastedown and free endpaper; additional free endpapers at both ends, undecorated.
Copy-specific note
?Imperfect: wanting additional plate betwen pp. 46-47?
Subject
Added entry--name
Pym, Horace N. former owner.
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Mansell, W. binder.
Added entry--name
Cheesman, Thomas, 1760 - ? engraver.
Added entry--name
Lawrence, Thomas, 1769 - 1830 designer.
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Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50706