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The Ancient British drama ...

Title: The Ancient British drama ...
Publication: London : Printed for W. Miller, by J. Ballantyne and Co., 1810.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 3	Text	Use in library	NCO (Ancient British drama) v. 3	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 3	Text	Use in library	NCO (Ancient British drama) v. 3	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Use in library	NCO (Ancient British drama) v. 2	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Use in library	NCO (Ancient British drama) v. 2	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Use in library	NCO (Ancient British drama) v. 1	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Use in library	NCO (Ancient British drama) v. 1	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 1-6	Text	Permit needed	*Pforz BT (Shelley, P. B.) 01 v. 1-6	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Description

3 v. (v. I: xi, 595 p.; v. II: 614 p.; v. III: 598, [2] p.); 25 cm.

Subject

English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600

Note

8vo in fours: v. I: []², b⁴, A-4E⁴, 4F²; v. II: A-4H⁴ [last, blank]; v. III: A-4F⁴.
Vol. III printed by James Moyes.
Publisher's advts., v. III, last leaf.
Title vignettes.
"Intended to form, with The British drama, and Shakespeare, a complete and uniform collection, in ten volumes, of the best English plays ... The ground-work of the present collection is the excellent selection known by the name of Dodsley's Old plays."--Pref.
Has been ascribed to Sir Walter Scott. cf. Lowndes. The bibliographer's manual; Margaret Ball. Sir Walter Scott as a critic of literature, p. 52, 151-152.

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Restricted access;

Call Number

NCO (Ancient British drama)

LCCN

41040293

OCLC

1264885

Title

The Ancient British drama ...

Imprint

London : Printed for W. Miller, by J. Ballantyne and Co., 1810.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy : In 6 volumes. Provenance : Percy and Mary Shelley, George Tighe. With Tighe's signatures, and "P. B. Shelley" in ink, probably in Tighe's hand ; annotations and a drawing in unkown hands, some possibly by Shelley (S'ANA 0890). Binding : Stormont boards, buckram backs, traces of paper labels, once covered over with drab paper now in part worn away ; on vol. I, part 1 : "PBS" in ink ; untrimmed. [Cini] shelf labels ; Sotheby's, 11/10/65.

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