| Description |
[22], 72, 59, [1], 71, [1], 82, [5] leaves of plates : ill., port ; 18 cm. (12⁰) |
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Each play has separate t.p., with varying imprints, pagination and dates ranging from 1758-1782; a made-up copy. |
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Variants: The funeral, or, Grief a-la-mode. 1758 -- The tender husband, or, the accomplish'd fools. 1761 -- The lying lover, or, The ladies friendship. 6th ed. 1760 -- The conscious lovers. 1764. Variant: The funeral; or, Grief a-la-mode. 1768--The tender husband; or, The accomplish'd fools. 1771--The lying lover; or, The ladies friendship. 7th ed. 1764; another variant: 1767; a variant of this work contains 'The conscious lovers' dated 1768. Cf. ESTC. |
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NYSL copy varies from ESTC T151622 and ESTC T209757. |
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The lying lover is based upon Le Menteur by Pierre Corneille. |
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Prologue to The tender husband by Addison; to Conscious lovers, Welsted. |
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Each work preceded by "dramatis personae" and cast lists at the Dreary Lane and Covent Garden. |
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Frontispiece portrait engraved by G. Vertue, after G. Kneller's painting; other plates engraved by G. Vander Gucht and J. Basire. |
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NYSL copy illustration for Funeral signed: Dighton ad viv del., and W. Walker sculp; Publish'd Feb. 6th 1777 by T. Lowndes and Partners. Illustration for Conscious lovers: Publish'd June 19th 1776 by T. Lowndes and Partners. |
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NYSL copy imprints: Funeral: London : Printed for W. Strahan, W. Owen, T. Caslon, T. Lowndes, W. Nicoll, and S. Bladon, 1777. Tender husband: Printed for W. Lowndes, W. Owen, W. Nicoll, and S. Bladon, 1787. Lying lover: Printed for T. Lownds [sic], T. Caslon, and W. Nicoll, 1764. Conscious lovers: Printed for W. Strahan, W. Owen, T. Caslon, T. Lowndes, W. Nicoll, and S. Bladon, 1782. |
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Listed in 1792 catalogue, p. 124, 12⁰; in 1793 catalogue, p. 77, No. 3110 and in the First ledger as Steele's plays. ZNS |
| Indexed In: |
ESTC T34932 |
| Note |
Library copy rebound, date stamp on back paste-down: November 15, 1934. Autograph in black ink on frontispiece verso: Annette Lub[in?] / Mrs. Eglantine; on t.p. of The tender husband: Mrs. Anna Crul[ly?]; on terminal page: April 5, 1819 / Something so pleasing / I cannot describe; various writings and doodles elsewhere. ZNS |
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Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729 -- Early works to 1800.
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Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729 -- Portraits.
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Covent Garden Theatre.
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Drury Lane Theatre.
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Plays -- England -- London -- 1761-1782.
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Comedies -- England -- London -- 1761-1782.
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Engravings -- England -- London -- 1761-1777.
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Type ornaments (Printing) -- England -- London -- 1761, 1764, 1782.
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Autographs (Provenance) -- 1819. ZNS
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| Subject |
Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684. Menteur. English -- Adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Crowder, Stanley, d. 1798, bookseller.
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Caslon, Thomas, d. 1783, bookseller.
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Lowndes, Thomas, 1719-1784, bookseller.
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Woodgate, Henry, d. 1766, bookseller.
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Brookes, S., fl. 1761, bookseller.
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Strahan, William, 1715-1785, bookseller.
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Owen, W. (William), d. 1793, bookseller.
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Nicoll, William, bookseller.
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Bladon, Samuel, d. 1799, bookseller.
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Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, artist.
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Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver.
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Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, engraver.
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Basire, James, 1730-1802, engraver.
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Walker, William, 1729-1793, engraver.
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Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
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Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.
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Welsted, Mr. (Leonard), 1688-1747.
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Lubin, Annette, signer. ZNS
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New York Society Library.
Catalog. 1792.
ZNS
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New York Society Library.
Catalog. 1793.
ZNS
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New York Society Library.
Charging ledger. 1789-1792.
ZNS
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City Readers: Digital Historic Collections (New York Society Library)
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Funeral.
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Tender husband.
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Lying lover.
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Conscious lovers.
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Account of the life and writings of Sir Richard Steele, Knt.
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Life and writings of Richard Steele.
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