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Samuel Johnson's Prologue spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane in 1747 with Garrick's Epilogue : a facsimile of the hitherto undiscovered first edition

Title
Samuel Johnson's Prologue spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane in 1747 with Garrick's Epilogue : a facsimile of the hitherto undiscovered first edition / with preface by Austin Dobson and introduction and notes by A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Author
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Publication
New York : Dodd, Mead, 1902.

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Additional Authors
  • Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
  • Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952.
Description
xiv, 12, [xv]-xxiv p.; 34 cm.
Uniform Title
Prologue spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane, 1747
Alternative Title
Prologue spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane, 1747
Subjects
Note
  • Johnson's Prologue was spoken by Garrick; Garrick's Epilogue was spoken by Mrs. Woffington. Cf. Pref.
  • First ed. has title: Prologue and Epilogue, spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane 1747.
  • "One hundred and twenty copies have been printed, of which thirty are on Japan paper and ninety on Van Gelder paper"--p. [i]
  • LC has copy on Japan paper.
  • Contains facsimile of original t.-p., London, 1747.
Call Number
NCOM+ [RBS] 97-1581 (Johnson, S. Samuel Johnson's Prologue)
LCCN
02027712 //r922
OCLC
7995422
Author
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Title
Samuel Johnson's Prologue spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane in 1747 with Garrick's Epilogue : a facsimile of the hitherto undiscovered first edition / with preface by Austin Dobson and introduction and notes by A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Imprint
New York : Dodd, Mead, 1902.
Local Note
This copy not numbered on Van Gelder.
With bookplate of Townsend Walsh.
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Added Author
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779. Epilogue spoken at Drury Lane, 1747.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952.
Walsh, Townsend. Donor
Research Call Number
NCOM+ [RBS] 97-1581 (Johnson, S. Samuel Johnson's Prologue)
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