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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.
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Author
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Date published
1889
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Publisher
London : J. C. Nimmo, 1889.
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Subject
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Accession number
81038127
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Class
OS - 83.6 Cibber/CIB
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Language
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Physical description
2 v : fronts., illus., ports ; 28 cm.
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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). "Memoirsof 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. "Ex libris-Luther A. Brewer." With reproductions of original title-pages. "Large paper edition." "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 Indiaproofs after letters. Each copy is numbered, and the type distribuated. no. 146." Bibliography, etc. note: Bibliography: v. 2, p. 286-296.