A Select collection of English plays : from the best authors.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoEdinburgh : Sold by A. Donaldson at Pope's Head opposite the Exchange, MDCCLX. [1760] MDCCLXI. [1761]
Description2 volumes ; 12⁰.
Supplemental ContentFull text online
Subjects
Epitaphs.

Other author/creatorGay, John, 1685-1732.
Other author/creatorCowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
Other author/creatorMurphy, Arthur, 1727-1805.
Other author/creatorRamsay, Allan, 1684-1758
Other author/creatorDryden, John, 1631-1700.
Other author/creatorBrooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.
Other author/creatorSmith, Edmund, 1672-1710.
Other author/creatorRowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
General noteEach volume has an additional titlepage, engraved, dated 1760.
General noteThe plays have separate titlepages, pagination and register and were also issued separately.
General noteVolume I contains: 'The Spanish fryar' by Dryden, 'The Earl of Essex', by Henry Brooke, 'Gustavus Vasa' by Henry Brooke, 'Phædra and Hippolitus' by Edmund Smith, and 'The ambitious stepmother' by Nicholas Rowe; Vol. II. contains: 'The Beggar's Opera' and 'Polly' by Gay, 'The way to keep him', 'The guardian', 'The gentle shepherd' by Allan Ramsay.
General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, T216862.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Other title Gustavus Vasa.
Other title Phædra and Hippolitus.
Other title Ambitious step-mother.
Other title Beggar's opera.
Other title Earl of Essex.
Other title Gentle shepherd.
Other title Guardian.
Other title Spanish fryar.
Other title Way to keep him.

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