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Ref NoShakespeare/1/8/824/6349 323176
Finding NumberShakespeare S 824.6349 323176
Shakespeare S F 824.6349 323176
TitlePrologue written by Samuel Johnson and spoken by David Garrick at a benefit-performance of Comus, April 1750. / Reproduced in type-facsimile.
LevelItem
Date1925
DescriptionGeneral Note: The Postscript written by Johnson for William Lauder's "Essay on Milton's use and imitation of the moderns, in his Paradise lost," is appended.
General Note: With reproduction of original t.-p.: A new prologue spoken by Mr Garrick, Thursday, April 5, 1750. At the representation of Comus, for the benefit of Mrs Elizabeth Foster Milton's grand-daughter, and only surviving descendant. London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1750.
General Note: "Five hundred copies printed."
Extent1
AuthorJohnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
SubjectTag 600: Milton, John, 1608-1674. Comus.
Tag 600: Foster, Elizabeth Clarke, d. 1754.
Physical Description3 p. l., reprint: (5 p.), [xii]-xiii, [2] p. ; 34 cm.
Access StatusOpen
PublisherLondon : H. Milford, Oxford University Press,
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