GUSTAVUS VASA, The Deliverer of his Country. A Tragedy. As it was to have been Acted At the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

by Henry Brooke, Esq by Henry Brooke

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition, with list of subscribers, including the name of Mr. Samuel Johnson, present CBEL, Vol. II, p. 435, noting performance prohibited, but acted at Dublin in 1744 as The Patriot . pp. xxii including twelve-page list of subscribers and two-page prologue , 85. 12mo. rebound in modern unprinted tan wrappers.Some slight early foxing, with evidence of early sewing along the spine, else a near fine copy, tipped into late brown unprinted

• Binding: Wrappers

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