Research Catalog

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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Details

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

• Prologues and epilogues
• English poetry > 18th century
• English drama > Poetry

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

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.

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)