The Dramatic Mirror: Containing the History of the Stage, From the Earliest Period To the Present Time; Including A Biographical and Critical Account of All the Dramatic Writers, From 1660; And Also of the Most Distinguished Performers, From the Days of Shakspeare To 1807: and A History of the County Theatres, In England, Ireland, and Scotland. [Complete in 2 Vols.]
by Thomas Gilliland
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About This Item
London: C. Chapple, 1808. Hardcover. First Edition. 4 x 7.25in. xii. 1048pp. 12 engraved plates. Bound in recent library buckram. Ex-library copy with The Brooklyn Mercantile Library stamps at the bottom text-bloc edges, front and back paste-downs and endpapers, and title pages. Slight browning to the text-block, some early pages lightly thumbed, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.
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- Title
- The Dramatic Mirror: Containing the History of the Stage, From the Earliest Period To the Present Time; Including A Biographical and Critical Account of All the Dramatic Writers, From 1660; And Also of the Most Distinguished Performers, From the Days of Shakspeare To 1807: and A History of the County Theatres, In England, Ireland, and Scotland. [Complete in 2 Vols.]
- Author
- Thomas Gilliland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- C. Chapple
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
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- Edges
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- Buckram
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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