| Ref No | Shakespeare/1/9/920/99857 |
| Finding Number | Shakespeare S 920 99857 |
| Shakespeare S 920 |
| Title | An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber / written by himself. A new edition with notes and supplement by Robert W. Lowe ; with twenty-six original mezzotint portraits by R.B. Parkes, and eighteen etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 1889 |
| Description | General Note: With reprints of two rare tracts: Wright's "Historia histrionica,1699" (v. 1., p. [xix]-li) and Aston's "Brief supplement to Colley Clibber ... Lives of the late famous actors and actresses" (v. 2. p. [297]-318). |
| General Note: "Memoirs of the actors and actresses mentioned by Clibber, taken from E. Belichamber's edition of the 'Apology', 1822 [perhaps by J. H. Burn]": v. 2, p. [319]-371. |
| General Note: "Ex libris-Luther A. Brewer." |
| General Note: With reproductions of original title-pages. |
| General Note: "Large paper edition." |
| General Note: "305 copies printed on ... deckle-edge royal 8vo paper for England and America. The portraits are in duplicate, one on Japanese paper in brown ink before letters, the other on plate paper as India proofs after letters. Each copy is numbered, and the type distribuated. no. 294." |
| Extent | 1 |
| Author | Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. |
| Lowe, Robert William, 1853-1902. |
| Wright, James, 1643-1713. |
| Ashton, Anthony, fl. 1682-1747. |
| Subject | Tag 650: English drama History and criticism. |
| Tag 650: Theater Great Britain History. |
| Tag 650: Actors England. |
| Tag 650: Actors England Portraits. |
| Physical Description | 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Publisher | London : J.C. Nimmo, |