Shelfmark
Krr.3.46(34)
Author
Title
Mahomet the impostor. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. Written by the Rev. Mr. Miller..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for J. Harrison, No 18, Paternoster-Row; and sold, likewise, by J. Wenman, Fleet-Street; and all other booksellers., MDCCLXXVIII.. [1778]
Physical description
16 p., [1] leaf of plates ; 22 cm.
Note
Based on Voltaire's 'Mahomet', with minor revisions by John Hoadly and David Garrick.
Note
Title-page and preliminaries included in pagination.
Note
Printed in two columns.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T38846
Provenance
No provenance information recorded in the book.
Binding
Sammelband. Late 18th- or early 19th-century half speckled calf and brown speckled or marbled paper over pasteboard. Spine rounded, divided into six large compartments by transverse gilt single fillets; second compartment from head of spine has title-label with gilt lettering; false headbands of alternating red and green thread. Textblock trimmed and rounded. Endpapers comprising at both sides a single bifolium of laid paper, forming a pastedown with free endpaper; undecorated.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the plate.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's code on upper endpaper recto of sammelband.
Copy-specific note
Bound with 37 other items, shelfmarks Krr.3.46(01) - (33), (35) - (38).
Subject
Voltaire, 1694 - 1778 Mahomet le prophete English
Subject
Subject
English drama (Tragedy) 18th century.
Genre/Form
Plays.
Genre/Form
Tragedies.
Added entry--name
Wenman, Joseph, ? - -1790 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Garrick, David, 1717 - 1779 associated name.
Added entry--name
Hoadly, John, 1711 - 1776 associated name.
Added entry--name
Harrison and Co. (London, England) bookseller.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50769